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Two young basketball players will debut
Regimantas Miniotas and Augustas Marčiulionis should wear the team jersey for the first time. R.Miniotas, who plays for the Prienai team during the great season, adds 19 points in just over 32 minutes in the LKL championship, recovers 10.7 balls and accumulates 25.3 utility points. The impressive play of the center did not go unnoticed – he was announced in October as the most useful LKL player.
Meanwhile, 18-year-old A.Marčiulionis, who made his debut in the Lithuanian top basketball league this year, feels stronger and stronger in the Vilnius “Rytas” team. In the match with Utena “Juventus”, the 193 cm tall player scored 9 points, drew 5 balls and scored 18 utility points. This is the best match of young talents in the ranks of the Vilnius team so far.
“I constantly see the Betsafe-LKL championship and R. Minioto’s game leaves an impression. His versatility, speed is what we can need in this window. Considering that after the breaks, other towers of the team will return to the field, whose form will not be of the highest level, I think Regimantas will be a solid addition to us – D. Mascoli with the environment, the rules, because we may need him a lot not only in the next stage of selection, but we also see his potential in the future ”, the team reviewed the situation of the newcomers.
The coach pointed out that this time he did not invite everyone he most wanted to see with the team jersey to the selection window. This was prevented by unreleased release notes from NBA clubs, minor injuries, and some players refused to participate in the Vilnius bubble.
It is also important to mention that despite the published list of thirteen players, the current situation and the composition of the COVID-19 pandemic team may still change.
Seek refuge from Belgium
The Lithuanian team will meet for training camp next Monday, November 23 and will have their first training session the following morning. According to D.Maskoliūnas, the preparation time is not happy, but he is glad that the men of the national team have the opportunity to meet and play for the honor of the country.
“It is a shame that for various reasons we have not been able to gather the core of the national team during the summer, but we are happy to have the opportunity to work and play. We will try to get the most out of those players who can play for the national team and we hope that we will give Lithuania two victories ”, the national team coach looks optimistically at the next phase of the European Cup.
On November 27, Lithuania will test its strength with the Danish national team, which has yet to meet in the national team, and on November 29, the team will seek a rematch against Belgium, which was divided in the first round.
So far, the Lithuanians are in second place in group C and share it with the Czech team: both teams have achieved a victory and each suffered a defeat. First of all, Belgium, which advances without defeats, and at the end of the group, Denmark, which has not yet felt the taste of victory.
The complete composition of the Lithuanian men’s basketball team:
- Kalnietis blankets, Lokomotiv-Kuban from Krasnodar;
- Šarūnas Vasiliauskas, Almaga Petkimspor from Izmir;
- Augustas Marčiulionis, Vilnius Morning;
- Tomas Dimša, Las Palmo „Gran Canaria Herbalife“;
- Paulius Valinskas, “Raincoat” by Panevėžys;
- Jonas Mačiulis, Athens AEK;
- Mindaugas Kuzminskas, Lokomotiv-Kuban of Krasnodar,
- David Gailius, Bonn Telekom Baskets;
- Eimantas Bendžius, the “Dynamo” from Sasario;
- Gytis Masiulis, Panevėžys “Waterproof”;
- Laurynas Birutis, Santiago de Compostela “Taller Monbus”,
- Martynas Echodas, Vilnius Morning;
- Regimantas Miniotas, Prietai CBet.
The Lithuanian Basketball Federation announced the composition of the national team through its general sponsor Betsafe.
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