The excellent edition of the Montenegrin basketball players in the duel with the United States of America delighted the world, but Boško Radović's team must come to terms with the fact that they will not play in the Mundobasket quarterfinals.
The door to the quarter-finals was "closed" for our selection by Lithuania, which outplayed Greece (92:67) and removed the dilemma before the end of the second stage - from the group in which Montenegro is among the top eight, the Americans and Lithuanians go.
In the first half, the Hellenes had the game and the lead, at one point an eight-point difference (plus four were during the long break), but they fell apart in the rest...
And when the Lithuanians started to shoot, there was still no salvation for the team of Dimitris Itudis, who in the end experienced a convincing defeat.
Rokas Jokubaitis with 19 and Ignas Brazdeikis with 18 points led Lithuania, which hit 15 three-pointers from 24 attempts, Jonas Valančunas scored 15...
In Greece, Tomas Vokap stood out with 21, Janulis Larentsakis scored 17.
Montenegro will play Greece on Sunday from 10.40.
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