The Lithuanians who led all the parties rebelled against the Belgians / News

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The Lithuanian team (2-2), which missed the Danish coup on Friday, faced Belgian basketball players (3-1) on Sunday. Darius Maskoliūnas students won the European Championship qualifying competition in group C 84:71 (20:15, 29:21, 18:15, 17:20).

This is how we get revenge for losing in the first mutual match in Belgium when it landed 65:86.

Still, the Belgians, who lost for the first time in the playoffs, maintained the lead in mutual matches.

After Denmark beat the Czech basketball players on Sunday and got their second win, it became clear that ours would need to take revenge on the Danish basketball players in the next window in February to enter the European Championship.

“When you defend yourself, it is easier to overtake, and those who have to fall are thrown,” said Eimantas Bendžius, who scored 19 points, after the duel. – A completely different rhythm. The game two days ago gave us a good kick in the back ”.

Bendus hit 2 of 2 of 2 and 5 3 of 9 in 26 minutes, in addition to bouncing 4 balls.

From the first to the last minute, the Lithuanian leaders gained a double-digit lead at the beginning (14: 4), but broke more after a long break.

In the last quarter, after Arno Velička’s points, ours had gained the biggest advantage of the match (79:57), which would have ensured an advantage in the others’ matches, but at the end of the duel, the Belgians reduced the deficit.

Only Deividas Gailius and Marekas Blaževičius did not score points for the Lithuanian national team.

Lithuania got 52.6 percent. colon and 39.1 percent. 3-pointers, and opponents responded by hitting 48.7 percent. colon and 38.5 percent. long shots.

The basketball players, who got up from the bench, scored 44 points for the Lithuanians and 27 points for the Belgians.

Maskoliūnas’ army scored 16 points on the second chance, and Belgium 6.

Lithuanian national team: Eimantas Bendžius 19 (5/9 trit.), Mindaugas Kuzminskas (8th chamber) and Laurynas Birutis 13 each, Jonas Mačiulis 11.

Belgium national team: Retin Obasohan 21, Alexandre Libert 11, Emmanuel Lecomte 10.

Comments after the game:

The course of the match

0: 0, 1 min: The Lithuanians win the ball in dispute.
2: 0, 1 min: Birutis opens a Lithuanian points account.
4: 0, 2 min: Bendus has a second chance in attack.
4: 2, 2 min: Obasohan scores the first Belgian points.
6: 2, 3 min: Mountaineer gets two points.
9: 2, 4 minutes: Bendus throws a triple.
11: 4, 5 min: Obasohan scores two points, Birutis responds by placing.
14: 4, 5 min: Curves hit from afar, the Belgians ask for a match.
14: 8, 6 min: Lecomte hits the colon, Crane grave from above.
14:10, 6 min: Obasohan enforces the two fines after Dimsha’s unsportsmanlike foul.
16:10, 7 minutes: Kuzminskas rebounds the ball on attack and scores points.
18:10, 8 min: Mačiulis applies two of the three fines.
18:12, 9 min .: Obasohan takes free throws.
20:14, 9 min: Echod and Obasohan exchange points.
20:15, 10 min.: Vanwijn takes the penalty.

Lithuania: Eimantas Bendžius 8, Laurynas Birutis 4, Mindaugas Kuzminskas, Jonas Mačiulis, Martynas Echodas and Mantas Kalnietis – 2 each.
Belgium: Retin Obasohan 10, Manu Lecomte and Kevin Tumba 2 each.

20:17, 11 minutes: Libertas adds two points.
22:17, 11 minutes: Master points.
26:17, 12 min: Four points in a row from June.
26:19, 13 minutes: Gillet scores two points.
28:21, 13 minutes: Gilletas and Mačiulis exchange points.
28:23, 14 minutes: Akyazili hits the field.
34:26, 14 minutes: Girdžiūnas throws two triples in a row, Libertas hits one.
36:28, 15 minutes: Velička and Akyazili exchange points.
36:30, 16 minutes: Van Vliet scores points under the basket.
38:30, 16 minutes: Velička takes the penalty.
38:32, 17 min: Van Vlietas puts the ball in the basket.
40:32, 17 min: Kuzminsk realizes the fines.
42:32, 17 min: Kuzminskas increases the Lithuanian lead to double digits.
42:34, 17 min: Obasohan hits the colon.
44:34, 18 minutes: Kuzminsko points.
47:36, 20 minutes: Gilmore charges from above, Kuzminsk hits a triple.
49:36, 20 min .: The echod completes the room by placing it from above.

Lithuania: Mindaugas Kuzminskas 11 (5th chamber), Laurynas Birutis 8, Jonas Mačiulis (3rd ed.) And Mindaugas Girdžiūnas (2/2 trit.) – 6 each.
Belgium: Retin Obasohan 12, Alexandre Libert 5, Thomas Akyazili, Pierre-Antoine Gillet and Andy Van Vliet 4 each.

51:36, 21 minutes: Dimša notices the fines.
54:39, 23 min.: Teams exchange points.
57:42, 25 min: Bendius and Lecomte each scored a triple.
59:45, 27 min: Girdžiūnas and Obasohanas realize the fines.
59:47, 29 min. Obasohan scores two points.
61:47, 29 minutes: Mačiulis wins two points with a foul. The throw-in crosses the country.
63:49, 30 minutes: Miniot and Obasohan exchange points.
65:51, 30 minutes: Mountaineer and Obasohan points.
67:51, 30 min .: The common colon closes the middle.

Lithuania: Eimantas Bendžius 13, Mindaugas Kuzminskas 11, Laurynas Birutis 9, Mindaugas Girdžiūnas and Jonas Mačiulis – 8 each.
Belgium: Retinas Obasohanas 19, Manu Lecomte 8.

70:51, 31 min .: Mačiulis hits a triple.
70:53, 32 min: Kesteloot charges from above.
70:54, 32 min .: Obasohan makes a fine.
73:54, 33 min .: Bendus throws a triple.
73:57, 33 min.: Libertas carries out three fines in a row.
75:57, 33 min .: Birutis hits two points.
77:57, 34 min.: Birutis increases the Lithuanian lead to 20 points. The Belgians ask for a minute of rest.
79:57, 35 minutes: Velička points.
79:59, 35 min.: Tomb charges powerfully from above.
82:62, 37 min .: Mwema and Bendžius exchange precise triples.
82:67, 38 min .: Lecomte scores a penalty, Vanwijn hits a triple.
84:67, 38 min: Kuzminsk charges from above.
84:68, 38 min .: Libertas takes the penalty.