No Bus, No Fuss: Slovenia Opens EuroBasket Defense With Win

Slovenia's Luka Doncic, left, celebrates his team's victory during the Eurobasket group B basketball match Slovenia against Lithuania, in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)

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By Associated Press

September 1, 2022 at 7:36 PM UTC

Updated on

September 1, 2022 at 9:02 PM UTC

Cologne, Germany (AP) -- The bus that was hired to take Slovenia to its opening game of the EuroBasket tournament never arrived at the team hotel Thursday.

The defending European champions didn’t panic then. And they didn’t panic when they were in trouble late in the game, either.