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The meeting between Lithuanians and Danes will begin at 7.30 pm.
Lithuanian basketball players, who started their selection for the continental championships in February, fought for the right to compete in the 2021 tournament, but due to the pandemic, the European Championship was postponed until 2022, freeing up space for the next Olympics. year.
The start was not very successful for the team led by Darius Maskoliūnas.
In the first match in Mons, the Lithuanians fell 37 points behind the Belgians and lost 65:86, and a few days later in Vilnius they managed to break the match in the fourth quarter and beat the Czech Republic 97:89.
This time the Lithuanian rival is the Danish team, who lost the first two tests in this team (71:75 against the Czech Republic and 72:88 against Belgium).
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Belgium | 3 | 0 | +65 |
| 2. | Lithuania | 1 | 1 | -13 |
| 3. | Czech Republic | 1 | 2 | -32 |
| Four. | Denmark | 0 | 2 | -twenty |
The Danes arrived in Vilnius, where the four teams from Group C met, without the brightest star Shavono Shields from the Olimpia club in Milan, and D. Maskoliūnas admitted that he did not know the future competitors very well.
“The Danes have very good defenders, one has played and is playing at a very good level, there was also an ACB player, now their leader plays for the Polish team, who plays VTB and shows very good results. There are several stick players. It is difficult to distinguish something, to describe it, but the fact that this is the phrase that everyone uses and that everyone knows today to play basketball knows how to hit. They are really tall, maybe a little slow, I do not pretend, I do not know them very well, But what we analyze when we watch their game is how they played in the first window, they play with courage, nobody pressures them, they don’t feel any great responsibility, they are still classified as outsiders, which gives them freedom and courage and therefore makes it a dangerous team for anyone, ”said the Lithuanian national team coach.
The Lithuanian national team does not have NBA and Euroleague basketball players (except Marekas Blaževičius) in this “window”, but most of the other strongest players in the country, including Mantas Kalnietis, Jonas Mačiulis and Mindaugas Kuzminskas, have gathered in the “bubble” of Vilnius.
There are also three debutants in the national team: Arnas Velička, Augustas Marčiulionis and Regimantas Miniotas, who have never worn a men’s team jersey.
For the first match, D. Maskoliūnas decided not to register Martynas Echodas from the “Rytas” center in Vilnius.
This will be the first official match between Lithuanian and Danish basketball players. The highlights of this battle will be recorded by the portal. 15 minutes, and will share hot comments from the sand. 15 minutes sports editor Kęstas Rimkus.
The course of the match
6 min. Danish leader Gabriel Lundberg trembled from afar – 12: 7.
6 min. Marekas Blaževičius appeared on the square and after a few seconds “opens” – 12: 4.
5 minutes. Arnas Velička makes his debut for the Lithuanian national team, replacing M. Kalnietis.
4 min. The Lithuanian train started, after M. Kuzminskas’s triple was already 10: 2.
3 min. The long bomb from E.Bendžius! It seems that former striker “Rytas” did not forget the arches of this arena. 5: 2.
2 minutes. The first minutes are marked by a rather poor quality of basketball, and the first Lithuanian points are scored by T. Dimša – 2: 0.
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Kęstas RIMKUS, sports journalist 15min |
| Hello, wishes from the new Vilnius arena! There, for the first time, the official game of the Lithuanian team takes place as if there were no spectators, but not quite. There are two fans and even more flags and drums. Tomas Balaišis-Sėkla said in the media gallery that the task was done the day before, and three new flags were added by two new ones of the same giant size. “A completely different quality material,” said Sėkla. Hanging and smaller tricolor for players: Kalnas, Mačiulis, Kuzia, JV, Javtokas, Marcela, Simas, Stepas And right next to the square, on the big screen, you can see the fans supporting the Lithuanian team from home. Incredible view. |
Lithuanian national team starting five: Mantas Kalnietis, Tomas Dimša, Mindaugas Kuzminskas, Eimantas Bendžius, Laurynas Birutis.
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