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The Lithuanian team (1/2) suffered another unexpected defeat in the European Championship team.
Darius Maskoliūnas’ students at home 76:80 (22:21, 24:17, 13:22, 17:20) landed on the Danish basketball players (1/2).
Deividas Gailius scored 16 points for the Lithuanian team, Tomas Dimša scored 15. Gabriel Lundberg scored 28 points for the Danish team.
The Lithuanian national team starts five: Mantas Kalnietis, Tomas Dimša, Eimantas Bendžius, Mindaugas Kuzminskas and Laurynas Birutis.
Lithuania started the match better, leading in the third minute of the match after Mindaugas Kuzminskas’ three-point lead.
At the end of the quarter, Marekas Blaževičius scored the final points, after which the hosts went ahead 22-21.
The Lithuanians started the second quarter with 11 unanswered points, which were 33-21 after David Gailius’s long throw. The Danes on their feet had moved closer to five points.
Before the long break, the teams played roughly and Lithuania went ahead 46-38 behind Regimantas Miniotas.
In the 24th minute, Lietuva took the lead 48-40 as the visiting defenders lost the ball to FC, who, arriving from the left, calmly cleared the goalkeeper and scored the ball.
Lithuania led for almost the entire half, until finally Jonas Mačiulis compared the result of 76 points with a difficult two-point lead in 48 seconds.
However, the Danes regained the advantage in the next attack with two points. After that, Mantas Kalnietis shot from a distance and two more throws from the opponents’ fines established the victory of the guests.
For the Lithuanians, this is the team’s second defeat in three games. Before, they recognized the Belgian advantage and it is with this team that they will play on Sunday.
Lithuania: Deividas Gailius 16, Tomas Dimša 15, Marekas Blaževičius 10, Regimantas Miniotas 8, Arnas Velička 6, Eimantas Bendžius and Mindaugas Kuzminskas 5 each.
Denmark: Gabriel Lundberg 28, Mathias Bak Christensen 13, Adam Darboe and John Zohore 8 each.
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