Montenegro showed the way and Lithuania outplayed Drii's team and took first place in group J and scheduled a European derby with Serbia in the quarterfinals.
Lithuania defeated the United States - 110:104 (31:12, 23:25:17:28, 39:39).
The USA will play Italy in the quarterfinals.
The basketball players of Kazis Maksvitis entered the game brilliantly, they led all the time. And when, at the start of the second half, America came up with a series of 8:0, it was played as if in a trance - maximally engaged on both sides, and Lithuania entered the last quarter with only six points.
Usopievala was able to maintain them, and then with three and a half minutes to go and only three and a half seconds to attack, Kuzminskas managed to get up from the fight for the ball with Minnesota ace Anthony Edwards and hit an incredible three-pointer overhand for 94:86.
Then the advantage of Lithuania went up to 11 peons, but the Americans still managed to make the last 80 seconds exciting. At only 45 to the end, Lithuania had only five differences 105:100.
It entered the "penalty" final, Normantas hit both and Jalen Branson hit two of three from the free throw line and again there were five points but only 28,9 seconds.
The Lithuanians then hit one and the Americans hit both free kicks and "steal" the ball, which they fail to realize with a triple...
Anthony Edwards was the most effective with 35 points, Mikal Bridges and Jaylen Branson each scored 14 and Brandon Ingram 10.
For the Lithuanians, as many as seven players were in double figures - Vaidas Karainauskas 15, Mindaugas Kuzminskas 14, Jonas Valnčjunas 12...
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