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Leading the team, Darius Maskoliūnas, the Lithuanian national team is experiencing perhaps the biggest decline in its history. During the calendar year, the Belgians and Danes lost in the Eurocup team, and the Estonians managed to land in the control match.
The start of the Lithuanian national team on Friday was exemplary. After the 10: 2 streak, D. Maskoliūnas’ students managed to maintain a double advantage almost until the end of the quarter, but 4 Danish triples in a row allowed the guests to weigh the result in their favor 21:20.
Defending Kibiau, the Lithuanians regained the initiative and after 5 points in a row David Gailius increased the difference to double digits – 33:21, but the guests were not going to leave the hosts ahead and came close to 3 points – 38 again: 35. After two points in a row, Tomas Dimša’s three-point Lithuanian affairs improved – 46:38.
After the big jump, the attack mechanism of the Lithuanian team disintegrated and the pit was used by increasingly confident competitors. Opponent leader Gabriel Lundberg leveled and re-weighed the result in favor of the Danes after Jonas Mačiulis’ technical foul – 50:51. Then the point-to-point he was already fighting changed to the last quarter.
The Lithuanians failed to adjust the goal and the opponents increased their lead to 5 points – 59:64, but 3-pointers from Mantas Kalnietis and Deividas Gailius returned the advantage to the hosts’ hands. Playing bravely, the guests managed to escape forward again: with more than 3 minutes to go, 67:73 took the lead.
It was mainly thanks to the efforts of D. Gailius that the Lithuanian team managed to match the result. 29 seconds left to play the score was 76:76.
G. Lundberg led the Danish team forward in an individual foray, for the remaining 16 seconds. the Lithuanians decided to snatch the victory from him with a shot, but M. Kalnietis’s 3-pointer was unenforceable, and the guests who bounced the ball also moved onto the penalty line.
G. Lundberg was unstoppable on the winning team. The Danish leader scored 28 points in 33 minutes (5/9 from two points, 3/8 from triples, 9/9 from penalties), bounced 7 balls, made 4 assists, made 2 errors and scored 28 utility points.
Lithuania: Deividas Gailius 16, Tomas Dimša 15, Marekas Blaževičius 10, Regimantas Miniotas 8, Arnas Velička 6, Mindaugas Kuzminskas and Eimantas Bendžius – 5 each, Jonas Mačiulis and Mantas Kalnietis (6 res.p.) 4 each, Laurynas Birutis 3, Mindaugas Girdžius 0.
Denmark: Gabriel Lundberg 28 (7 res., 4 res., 28 us.), Mathias Bak Christensen 13, Adam Dabroe and John Zohore 8
D. Maskoliūnas decided not to register Martynas Echodas for FIBA’s first “bubble” match with the Danes this weekend.
Since the beginning of the week, the students of D. Maskoliūnas have been training in the capital, in the conditions of the FIBA ”bubble”, where all the teams of group C have gathered. In addition to the Lithuanian capital, the teams from Denmark, Czech Republic and Belgium.
In the match that was already played on Friday, the Czech Republic crushed 62:90 (19:27, 17:20, 15:23, 11:20) the Belgian team, which did not have the strongest line-up and reached Lithuania .
The Lithuanians will play the second game on Sunday with the Belgian team.
4.30 pm Czech Republic – Denmark
7.30pm Lithuania – Belgium
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTION: LITHUANIA – DENMARK
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Lithuania – Denmark 76:80
The Lithuanians sinned, both pitches by the Danes hit home.
M. Kalnietis shoots a triple, but it does not reach the goal. The Lithuanians tried to get the ball back, but the Danes caught it.
G. Lundberg bursts in and wins two points – 76:78. 18 seconds left to play. Minute Break.
With one minute left to play, the Danes took the lead 74:76.
J. Mačiulis hits a difficult colon in the last second of the attack – 76:76. There are 29 seconds to play. Minute Break.
G. Lundberg does not apply from under the basket, the Danes transgress, M. Kalnietis throws the Lithuanians forward with a 74:73 penalty.
D. Gailius bounces and compares the result – 73:73.
R. Miniotas hits two points, D. Gailius hits twice from the penalty line – 71:73.
M. Christensen throws an accurate triple, the Lithuanians are wrong, Ph. Hertz accurate from mid-range: 67:73 ahead of the Danes. This is the biggest advantage of party guests. Minutes paused.
R. Miniotas loading from above after transfer from M. Kalnietis – 67:68.
M. Girdžiūnas lost his third triple and G. Lundbergas scored a double: 65:68.
M. Kalnietis is sanctioned for a non-sports foul. The Danes made both free throws: 65:66.
D. Gailius gets another triple, 65:64 ahead of Lithuania. Minute Break.
M. Kalnietis takes the initiative – after his 62:64 triple.
Lithuania’s pitches are triples that pass by, neither M. Girdžiūnas nor E. Bendžius connecting.
The Danes start more successfully in the fourth quarter and lead 59:64.
After three halves, Lithuania – Denmark 59:60.
A point-to-point battle is fought in the square and T. Dimša takes the lead in the Lithuanian national team. With less than a minute to play – 57:57.
M. Blaževičius shoots under the basket and causes a free kick – Lithuania takes the lead again 52:51.
E. Bendžius fouls again, G. Lundberg weighs the result in favor of the Danes – 50:51.
Defender J. Mačiulis receives a technical foul for his performance. G. Lundberg takes a free kick – 50:49.
E. Bendžius commits an attack, the Lithuanians still cannot find a way to initiate a well-functioning attack mechanism.
M. Blaževičius fouls, J. Zohore reduces the difference by 50:48.
T. Dimša runs to the basket and hits two points, but G. Lundberg is still furious – 50:47. 19 points on the Danish leader’s account.
Sylvester Berg charges the ball from above – 48:45. D. Maskoliūnas asks for a minute of rest.
In 4 min. The Lithuanian team wins only 2 points, and the rivals continue to breathe on the backs of the hosts – 48:43.
T. Dimša was the most productive of the Lithuanian team with 10 points, D. Gailius scored 9, M. Blaževičius scored 8. Gabriel Lundberg stands out in the Danish team – 17 points.
After two halves, Lithuania – Denmark 46:38.
R. Miniotas bathes the opponent under the basket and hits two points – 46:38. Minute Break.
T. Dimša connects two long shots – 44:35.
L. Birutis misses free throws, D. Mortensen hits a triple – 38:35.
Fighting for the ball, L. Birutis hits it in his basket – 38:32.
The Danes are gaining more and more confidence in their abilities, but after L. Birutis’s points under the basket, the Lithuanians increase the difference – 38:30.
D. Gailius is penalized for an unsportsmanlike foul, the guests reduce the difference to 33:28.
D. Gailius hits a triple, the difference becomes two digits: 33:21.
Danes accumulate fouls in attack, D. Gailius from medium range targets – 30:21.
J. Mačiulis takes control of the ball and scores two points easily – 28:21.
R. Miniotas plays “two against two” with success – the forward’s first points to play for the national team – 26:21.
D. Gailius starts the second half with a precise shot – 24:21.
After the first half Lithuania v Denmark 22:21
After scoring another three points, the guests weigh the result in their favor: 20:21.
M. Blaževičius is accurate from under the basket, but the opponents again score triples – 20:18.
The Danes scored two triples in a row: 18:15.
M. Blaževičius fights well under the basket with tall opponents: he bounces off the ball and forces a foul.
D. Gailius connects two points, A. Velička adds two free throws – 18: 9.
After A. Velička’s pass, M. Blaževičius was accurate again from under the basket – 14: 7.
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L. Birutis is replaced by M. Blaževičius. As soon as he entered, Žalgiris scored 12: 4 points.
M. Kalnietis is replaced by A. Velička. So far, the Danes have been racking up all the points from the penalty line – 10: 4.
T. Dimša connects a semicolon, M. Kuzminskas connects a long triple – 10: 2.
E. Bendžius sets a precision of three points: 5: 2.
The game started a bit chaotically, the two teams traded failures. T. Dimša opens a dowry of Lithuanian points.
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