PHOENIX (AP) -Goran Dragic started making sacrifices at an early age to achieve his dream of playing professional basketball.
When he was 11, he started waking up at 2 a.m. in his native Slovenia to watch NBA games.
The next day he would often find himself nodding off in class, but it was worth it because of the education he received from watching players such as Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson and Steve Nash.
Now Nash’s backup with the Phoenix Suns, Dragic is the one basketball fans in Slovenia are giving up sleep to see.
After Dragic scored 23 fourth-quarter points in a breakout performance in Game 3 of Phoenix’s playoff series with the San Antonio Spurs, fans and opponents in this country are taking notice as well.
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