Basketball

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Justina Vaišvilaitė

Lithuania’s men continue their unbeaten run at this year’s Basketball World Cup. On Sunday, Kazys Maksvytis’ team defeated Team USA 104:110, Lithuania’s first win against the United States since 2004 Athens Olympics.

Neal Maloney

Rokas Jokubaitis has been truly coming into his own as the new leader of the Lithuanian National Basketball team! Throughout the course of group play he has been the linchpin of the squad - scoring when he needs to by snaking his way deep in the paint, but also capably dishing or kicking out to open...

Neal Maloney

I just wanted to say, I understand the Lithuanian way of basketball. I have been a fan my whole life. It is a way that doesn’t have a lot of personal ego problems among the players because they make themselves part of a team-oriented system. No one, not even JV, cares how many points he scores. Our ...

Neal Maloney

In the end, Lithuania beat themselves in this one. It was a combination of factors that contributed to their poor play during the first half and stifled their amazing comeback late in the second to give Australia the victory over their group H rivals today. The final score was 87:82 (19:27, 22:25, 1...