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World Cup 2023: Luka Dončić and Slovenia to meet Montenegro in the midst of adversity

This third preparation game in Slovenia against Montenegro will be scarred and affected by the aftermath of the severe flooding, which hit Slovenia last week. But not only that, the team is plagued by injuries, leaving it very thin on the wing and center positions after Vlatko u010canu010dar (Denver Nuggets) had to leave the prep game against Greece Friday with an ACL tear.

“I was very much looking forward to my first appearance at the World Cup, but fate unfortunately got in the way of my plans,” u010canu010dar said Sunday.

Vlatko u010canu010dar, slovenski reprezentant:
''Svojega prvega nastopa na svetovnem prvenstvu sem se izjemno veselil, a mi je usoda na u017ealost prekriu017eala nau010drte.