Slovenia vs Italy

Without official play-by-play data, the decisive phase appears to have been Italy's ability to string together stops in the final five minutes. A team that had roared past Croatia with 103 points showed it could win a lower-scoring, tighter affair — an encouraging sign for a squad that will travel to Reykjavik and host Lithuania in the coming days.

Full individual box scores were not immediately available, but several Italy players carried momentum from the Croatia win. Tommaso Baldasso had exploded for 29 points (7/11 from three) against Croatia, and Matteo Spagnolo added 19. Nico Mannion, Giampaolo Ricci and captain Amedeo Tessitori were added to the roster for the Slovenia game and made their first appearances of the summer.

For Slovenia, coach Aleksander Sekulić fielded a lineup built around seven players from the squad that finished seventh at EuroBasket 2025 — including Prepelič, Hrovat, Omić and Murić — but the team lacked the game-breaking presence of Luka Dončić, who was in Rome on the day of the match for club-related commitments and a visit to the Italian Basketball Federation headquarters.

The box score data on the page shows the final 83-86 scoreline. Italy's combined 189 points across their two friendlies (103 vs Croatia, 86 vs Slovenia) signals an offense finding rhythm under Ramondino's system, even while integrating new arrivals like Mannion and Tessitori mid-window.

Slovenia's 83 points, against a defence that had conceded 91 to Croatia, represents a slight improvement. The absence of Dončić — who averaged 42 points in the most recent Slovenia-Italy competitive meeting at EuroBasket 2025 — was always going to shift the offensive burden across the roster.

Italy finish their June preparation with a 2-0 record. The real tests come next: a trip to Iceland on 2 July and a home qualifier against Lithuania at Bologna's Virtus Arena on 5 July in Group D of the World Cup 2027 European Qualifiers. Both games are live on DAZN and Sky Sport in Italy.

Slovenia also used the friendly to evaluate rotation options ahead of their own qualifying window, though their schedule of upcoming fixtures was not published at the time of writing.

A competitive, close-range friendly that gave both coaching staffs useful data. Italy's ability to win a tight road game without relying on a single dominant scorer is a positive for Ramondino two games into his tenure. Slovenia competed well without Dončić but will need more secondary creation when the qualifiers arrive.