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Only after the last seconds of the drama, the Lithuanian team won a ticket to the 2022 European Championship.
Students of Darius Maskoliūnas in Vilnius 77:76 (25:19, 16:18, 17:23, 19:16) broke Danish basketball players.
Mantas Kalnietis scored 11 points for the Lithuanian team, Vaidas Kariniauskas, Jonas Mačiulis and Tomas Dimša each scored 10 points.
Kevin Larsen scored 21 points for opponents.
Mindaugas Kuzminskas did not finish the match due to injury.
Lithuanian basketball players have 4 wins and 2 losses on the final count, and 2 wins and 4 failures on the Danish side.
The two strongest teams in Group C entered the final stage: Belgium (4/2) and Lithuania and Czech Republic (2/4), which is one of the hosts of the future championship. Their showdown ended on Monday with a Czech victory of 91:86.
In the first mutual match, the Danish national team in Vilnius in the fall of 2020 (November 27) beat the Lithuanians 80:76.
The Danish team in Lithuania was left without its leader Gabriel Lundberg, who scored 28 points in the first match with the Lithuanians, bounced 7 balls, made 4 assists and was the main blacksmith of the guests.
The Lithuanian team started the match more actively, leading 24-16 in the first half after the eighth Marek Blaževičius. At the end of the half, they were ahead 25-19.
The Danes scored in the second half, who compared the score to 29 points in the 15th minute after Kevin Larsen’s placement.
Mantas Kalnietis then scored two triples in a row and Lithuania broke 35-29. The hosts failed to gain a major lead and took the lead 41-37 before the long break.
During the first part of the duel, J.Mačiulis, M.Kalnietis and M.Blaževičius each scored eight points.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Danes scored the first six points from the free throw line, when the Lithuanians violated twice in a row during the three-point shot. The Lithuanians stalled in attack and Kevin Larsen, who took the lead with the Danes, led opponents by five points. Before the end of the quarter, Lithuania softened the result by 58-60.
At the start of the fourth quarter, the Lithuanians did not lose points for four minutes, scoring eight and going 66-60. The Danes then edged closer to three points, but Lithuania responded with six unanswered points and led 75-66 behind Gytis Masiulis.
However, the Danes responded, cutting Lithuania’s lead 77-75 in the penultimate minute of the match.
Denmark then reduced the gap to a minimum and finally in the last attack had the ball in their hands. Danish defender Adamas Dorboe threw off the basket, but M. Kalnietis blocked his shot and Lithuania held out for the remaining three seconds.
D.Maskoliūnas did not register Mindaugas Girdžiūnas and Regimantas Miniotas for this match.
Denmark: Kevin Larsen 21 (3/3 triples, 6 backs), Adam Darboe 20 (6 res.), Philip Hertz (2/6 triples) and after John Zohore (10 backs) 12.
Lithuania: Mantas Kalnietis 11 (3/6 three points, 6 res.), Vaidas Kariniauskas (4/8 two points), Jonas Mačiulis (6 reb.) And Tomas Dimša 10 each.
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