The first test of strength before the fight for Tokyo: Lithuania v Dominican Republic



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Darius Maskoliūnas students will meet with the Dominican Republic in Kaunas on Friday. The match starts at 7.30 pm.

You can watch it directly on the TV3 channel and on the new generation of TV Go3, and follow the most important events on the tv3.lt portal.

Mantas Kalnietis and Gytis Masiulis, who are being treated for trauma, have not registered for this match.

Starting five. Lithuania: R. Jokubaitis, M. Grigonis, A. Butkevičius, E. Bendžius, J. Valančiūnas.

Third quarter: Lithuania – Dominican Republic

The “two plus one” of D. Sabonis: after playing two minutes, Lithuania wins 53:43.

Second half: Lithuania – Dominican Republic 50:41 (28:20, 22:21)

Opponents extended the streak to 10: 0 at the start of the second half and closed in on 26:28.

M. Kuzminskas was penalized for an unsportsmanlike foul, but the opponents did not use it one hundred percent; only noticed the fines, and after easy points by T. Sedekerskis, Lithuania led 35:28.

In the middle of the quarter, ours were ahead 37:32. J. Valančiūnas scored two points from a foul and gave the Lithuanians back a 42:32 double-digit lead.

First half: Lithuania – Dominican Republic 28:20

R. Araujo scored the first five invited points and the Dominican Republic briefly led 5: 4, but R. Jokubaitis, M. Grigonis’s colon and E. Bendžius’s 3-pointer allowed the Lithuanians to dive in and lead 9: 5.

After the triple by L. Lekavičius – 18:12.

After accurate shots from M. Kuzminskas, Lithuania gained a double-digit lead for the first time: 26:16.

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Dominican Republic: A. Henriquezas, G. Solano, V. Lizas, A. Nunezas, J. Araujo.

The Lithuanians will play again for the Dominican Republic team on June 24 and June 22. will meet with Russia.

The Lithuanians will start the Olympic men’s basketball team tournament in Kaunas from June 29. The basketball players of the Lithuanian team will start the tournament with the Venezuelan team, and on July 1 the basketball players will meet with the South Korean team.

In the next group (B) the basketball players from Slovenia, Poland and Angola will play. Only the best two teams in the group will advance to the semi-finals.



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