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It ended on Saturday in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2021. Group E tournament of the European Women’s Basketball Championship. In the last game Lithuanians 61:96 (18:26, 15:34, 11:22, 17:14) did not oppose the powerful Serbian national team. The last great defeat of the Lithuanians was in 2013. against the French36:77), it was just a friendly match. There has been no such defeat in official matches since 2007. European Championship match with checks (54:93).
The Serbs had a double-digit lead at the start of the match (4:15). At the end of the first half, Lithuania played and had twice reduced the gap to 4 points (16:20, 18:22). Unfortunately, the second half was terrible for the Lithuanians. The Lithuanians started it with a lost stage of 0:17 and the result was overwhelming (18:43). The Serbian advantage in growth did not stop and soon reached the 30 point mark (23:53). Lithuanians often couldn’t even finish launching attacks on the basket. In 2 quarters, ours made up to 20 mistakes, while the Serbs, only 4.
In the third part, the Lithuanians had narrowed the gap slightly (40:64), but then lost the 4:18 stage and were 38 points behind (44:82). After three quarters, the Lithuanians had made 31 mistakes. In the fourth quarter, the Serbs accumulated a 41-point lead (44:85). It is true that the Lithuanians then managed to reduce the deficit a bit and the match ended with a loss of 35 points. Lithuania ended the match by committing 35 errors. Neither a good fight for rebounds (40 against 25) nor a great penalty (14/15) saved us.
Lithuania: Gabrielė Šulskė 15 points (3/6 triples), Kamilė Nacickaitė 13 (3/12 shots, 7 errors), Laura Miškinienė 8 (8 rebounds), Giedrė Labuckienė 8 (3/3 colonies, 2/2 penalties, 7 rebounds), 18 utility points), Justė Jocytė 6 (0/2 two points, 2/5 three points, 6 errors), Daugilė Šarauskaitė 5, Audronė Zdanevičiūtė 2 (7 errors, 5 intercepted balls, 5 fouls), Justina Miknaitė 2, Kristė Timofejeva 2, Gintarė Petronytė 0 (0/3 pitches, 6 rebounds), Karolina Kazočiūnaitė 0, Livija Sakevičiūtė 0.
Among the Serbs, J. Jocytė’s partner was the most productive at the ASVEL club in Lyon Aleksandra Crvendakic (15 points) and Jelena brooks (fifteen). After 13 points added together with G.Petronyte playing in VeniceI Yvonne Anderson Y Jovana nogic.
Serbia (4-0) had already secured first place in the group and a ticket to the final stage of the championship in the classification of this match. The Lithuanians (0-4) could not climb from third place and did not enter the European Championship. Only the fate of the Turks (2-2) remains unclear. They will know after the matches of the other groups if they will enter the European Championship.
The results of the Serbian team have started to improve rapidly since 2013, when they took fourth place in the European Championship. 2015 The Serbs became European champions in 2016 they won the Olympic bronze, and in 2019. They also graced the bronze medal of the European Championship. Inferior to the Serbs was only in 2017. European Championship when they were 11th.
He won the Lithuanian European Championship in 1997, in 1938. he won silver, and in 2001 and 2005 he was fourth. Unfortunately, neither in 2017, nor in 2019, nor in 2021. They did not reach the championship.
The mutual match statistics were quite favorable for the Lithuanians. 2009 At the European Championships, the Lithuanians crushed the Serbs even 71:49and 2015 defeated the Serbs in the European Championship 73:72although they later won the gold. It is true that last year the Serbs achieved a rematch in the result of the European Championship selection 82:71.
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