It is not easy to come back home from a vacation. It is even harder, when you go from, enjoying a warm sunny weather, enjoying the sea, the scenery, multiple cold beers and basically just relaxing, to a cold, rainy city where people are not wearing bikinis all the time.

What makes it little easier tough, is the fact that i can actually watch a basketball game that does not involve Croatia. It would have been a perfect trip, if i could only watch Slovenia beat Tunisia and then get trashed by USA.

And in a way, today's game is a perfect circle of life. I come home from vacationing in Croatia, not being able to watch games involving Slovenia, to watching Slovenia beat Croatia 91:84 on my sofa, enjoying cold beer.

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Hey guys!

So this morning, Slovenia held a press conference at the airport, before boarding a plane to Turkey. Nothing that special was said, but still wanted to translate a couple of quotes, if anyone's interested, and also link to a picture gallery for all you Goran stalke..i mean, fans.

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Where players have so much fun, extra time happens.

I wanted to go with Where Goran cuts his hair and looks ordinary happens. But you know me, i look at things from a positive point of view. What? Am i the only one who made notes whilst watching The Secret?

New country, new city, new arena, new haircut, same result.

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Honestly, maybe a new Fan post for this recap is a waste of space and time. Perhaps, similar to me watching this game. Perhaps reading this will be a waste of your time. I do apologize in advance if the thought crosses your mind after you're finished.

And to think, i actually recorded this game. So i could do some detailed notes for you guys, maybe even insert a funny line. Well, i will not be re-watching the game anytime, nor do i want to waste your time with detailed notes.

Now, everything i have and will say (write) is only my perspective. I'm a fan of basketball and obviously a supporter of Slovenia, so everything is filtered thru my point of view. That means that what i write is only that - my perspective. And of course i will try to focus on Dragic and how he relates to the team and vice versa.

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Hey guys! Just wanted to post a little Dragic update (from a local newspaper)....

Yesterday, Slovenia landed in Ljubljana again, after a 30 hour trip from China and it was obvious that Goran Dragic is exhausted and probably over-trained. He was pale, with severe bags under his eyes. Despite all of that, he still took time to answer some questions from the local press.

Goran basically said, that while he felt fine during the first day in China, for the rest of the trip he quickly lost his apetite and before Sunday's finale against Australia he also threw up. He didn't like the food, nor does he think it was nutritious enough for regeneration of the body. He said he had a lot of trouble adapting to team plays, since he didn't know most of them.

Team coach who now regrets that he played Goran so much in China, will now carefully monitor his minutes, so it is expected that in the next few games ( Slovenia is going to Spain today - don't ask me why, i think they should stay in Slovenia and recharge) he will play less. He needs regeneration and familiarity with the team, which he will get in practice.

That's it guys... to sum up:

- China is very far

- food in China sucks

- whoever is in charge of Slovenia's trip planning and nutrition should not be in charge of Slovenia's trip planning and nutrition

- despite all of that, he was still the MVP

- Vujacic still sucks and is still not on the team

Later, Blaz