In the championship held in Vienna (Austria), in the second and last match of the group stage, they managed 17:14 against the Croatians. This means that our team secured the second place in Group B. We remind you that in the first match of the European Championship, the Lithuanians lost 19:21 against the Swiss national team.
In the quarter-finals, our team will meet the first place in Group D (France, Latvia and Great Britain).
Titas Januševičius scored 11 points, Aurelijs Pukelis added 3 (the only basketball player who participated in the Olympic Games), Marijus Užupis 2, Gabrielius Čelka 1.
The quarter-final stage of the European Championship will begin on Saturday (August 24).
The beginning of the match was a bit sticky. Both national teams collected points in a difficult way, and the Croatians often picked fouls in the attack, but at the start of the meeting, our team could not make the most of it (5:5).
Later, Aurelijs Pukelis and Titas Januševičius each scored two points in succession. 5 minutes before the end of the match, the Lithuanians had an advantage of 2 points (9:7). True, after that, the Croatians quickly scored three points in a row, and they took the lead (9:10).
After that, T. Januševičius broke through from a distance and scored his first two-pointer of the tournament, which was very important. After that, Marijus Užupis added two points, which raised Lithuanian emotions to the top in Vienna (13:10).
Later, T. Januševičius scored a point, and the Croatians responded with three accurate shots from under the basket (14:13). However, the Lithuanians ended their hunger for points (15:13), and later A. Pukelis fouled under the basket, which sent the opponent to shoot free throws, which the Croatians missed.
After that, T. Januševičius scored another long two-pointer (17:13), and the Croatians responded with a one-point shot (17:14). In the end, both teams did not score during the rest of the time.
This victory of the Lithuanians led to the fact that ours secured the second place in Group B, and in the next round they will meet the winner of Group D (France, Latvia and Great Britain).
2024-08-23 05:55:31