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The match started with a productive game, and after just a few minutes of play, the Lithuanians, who provoked the opponent’s fouls, took the lead 7:3.
However, soon our long shots hit the rim of the basket, but not the net, and our neighbors managed to level the score at 8:8.
Sensing the danger, the Lithuanians regrouped and started provoking the opponents’ fouls again, creating a significant lead of 17:12.
The Polish basketball players started to take risks while going to the va bank, but the shots continued to fall, and our players won a ticket to the semi-finals.
Šarūnas Vingelis and Evaldas Džiaugys led Mūsiškis forward with 9 points each. Aurelijus Pukelis added 2 points, Gintautas Matulis – 1 point.
Lithuanians will meet the Dutch team in the semi-finals on Monday.
In the next quarter-final, the basketball players of Serbia and France will discuss their relationship. The winners will challenge the Latvian national team.
The composition of the Lithuanian 3×3 national team coached by Dainius Novicks is Aurelijus Pukelis, Šarūnas Vingelis, Evaldas Džiaugys and Gintautas Matulis.
The Lithuanians started the tournament by losing 14:21 to the Olympic champions Latvia, and in the second game they disappointingly lost to the French 20:21.
However, on Thursday, our team managed to recover and beat the Poles 21:12, and later defeated the USA national team 20:18.
On Friday, the Lithuanian triple team defeated the Chinese basketball players 21:16, but later conceded the superiority of the Netherlands 18:19.
In the last match of the group, the Lithuanians defeated the Serbian basketball players 20:18.
2024-08-05 09:19:42