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The victory in selection group C of the European Championship was achieved by the Lithuanian team (3/2), which in Vilnius 94:74 (31:15, 18:18, 16:22, 29:19) defeated the Czech basketball players (1/4).
A decisive battle will await our people on Monday at 7.30pm when they meet Denmark. The winners of the duels will receive a ticket to the main event on the Old Continent.
The Czechs started the match better (9: 3), but Lithuania hit 15: 0 and broke away – 18: 9. The hosts, who continued to play strongly in attack, gained a double-digit lead for the first time (21: 11), and after the first ten minutes of play they were way ahead. 31:15.
After 2.5 minutes in the second quarter, the Czechs got a little closer (21:33), but the Lithuanian streak of 9: 2 allowed for a new record advantage: 42:23. By the end of the first meeting, the Czech Republic had slightly reduced its deficit, 33:49.
Always on the run! Arnas Butkevicius with the 🧨💥 counterattack!#EuroBasket | @ltu_basketball 🇱🇹 pic.twitter.com/v1WZ0ZoD5c
– FIBA EuroBasket (@EuroBasket) February 20, 2021
After the big break, Eimantas Bendžius scored a triple (52:33), but then Lithuania fell to the pit and failed to score for 4 minutes, and the Czech Republic scored 12 unanswered points and returned to the fight for victory. – 45:52. Darius Maskoliūnas managed to stabilize the situation and ours returned to the double digit lead zone, where he was still after playing three quarters – 65:55.
In the fourth quarter, the Lithuanians started with 5 unanswered points – 70:55. After playing almost 4 minutes, Eimantas Bendžius hit from far and the difference jumped to 18 points (78:60), and the Czechs could not return the intrigue during the remaining time, for which they were forced to miss.
Lithuania: Vaidas Kariniauskas 15 (6th set), Eimantas Bendžius 14 (4/4 triples), Gytis Masiulis 13 (7/7 free throws), Tomas Dimša 12, Mindaugas Kuzminskas 10 (7th set), Regimantas Miniotas and Arnas Butkevičius (5 res. ) After 8, Šarūnas Vasiliauskas 6 (2/2 triples), Laurynas Birutis and Jonas Mačiulis after 4.
Czech Republic: Martin Peterka 18 (Rev. 7), Martin Križas and Simon Purslas after 12, Jaromir Bohachik 11, Vojtech Hruban 10.
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