It turned out thirteen from the national team against the “bubble” in Vilnius: Maskoliūnas included Miniotas and Marčiulionis

Failing to agree on details with NBA clubs due to the participation of national team leaders Domantas Sabonis and Jonas Valančiūnas in the European Championship selection, two new faces were added to the roster, says the general sponsor of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation “Betsafe”. The Lithuanian team will face the Danish and Belgian teams in the bubble stage of the tournament.

Two young basketball players will debut

Regimantas Miniotas and Augustas Marčiulionis should wear the team jersey for the first time. R. Miniotas, who is playing for the Prienai team during the great season, has 19 points in just over 32 minutes in the Betsafe-LKL championship, recovers 10.7 balls and accumulates 25.3 utility points. The impressive central game did not go unnoticed – he was announced in October as the most useful player in Betsafe-LKL.

Meanwhile, 18-year-old A. Marčiulionis, who debuted in Lithuania’s 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, took 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 watch the Betsafe-LKL championship and R. Minioto’s game leaves an impression. His versatility, speed is what we may need in this window. Considering that after the breaks, other towers of the national team will return to the field. , whose form will not be of the highest level, I think Regimantas will be a solid addition for us – D. Maskoliūnas spoke about the opportunity with the environment, the rules, because we may need it a lot not only in the next stage of selection, but we also see its potential in the future ”, D. Maskoliūnas reviewed the situation of the newcomers to the team.

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 pity 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 make the most 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 stage of the European Championship team.

On November 27, Lithuania will test its strength with the Danish team, which has not yet met in the national team, and on November 29, the national team will seek revenge 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. Both games will be broadcast live on TV3 TV.

Lithuania men’s basketball team composition:

Kalnietis blankets (Lokomotiv-Kuban of Krasnodar);
Šarūnas Vasiliauskas (Almaga Petkimspor of Izmir)
Augustas Marčiulionis (Vilnius Morning)
Tomas Dimša (Las Palmo „Gran Canaria Herbalife“)
Paulius Valinskas (Panevėžys raincoat)
Jonas Mačiulis (Athens AEK)
Mindaugas Kuzminskas (Lokomotiv-Kuban of Krasnodar)
David Gailius (Telekom Bonus Baskets)
Eimantas Bendžius (the “Dynamo” of Sasario)
Gytis Masiulis (raincoat Panevėžys)
Laurynas Birutis (Santiago de Compostela “CAB Workshop”),
Martynas Echodas (Vilnius Morning)
Regimantas Miniotas (CBet de Prienai).

Group C tournament table (place / team, matches, wins, losses, point ratio, credit points)