Latvia played a great tournament and took fifth place at Mundobasket. In the match for fifth place, Latvia outclassed favored Lithuania - 98:63 (28:20, 21:18, 28:9, 21:16).
Latvia is after a missed three-pointer by Davis Bertans. for the win against Germany, dropped out of the medal contention, but then beat Italy and outplayed Lithuania in the match for fifth place.
The most ineffective player in the Lithuanian team today was Arturs Kuruč with 20 points, as many as six three-pointers from 10 attempts. Smits scored 17 and Grazulis scored 12.
Among the Lithuanians, Jokubaitis was the most effective with 16, while Valančjunas scored a point less.
The match will still be remembered for the record of Latvian point guard Arturs Žagars, who broke the World Cup record with 17 assists. The previous record of 15 assists belonged to Croatian Toni Kukoc and South Sudanese Karlik Jones.
In total, the Lithuanians had 34 assists and only three turnovers.
Žagars finished the game with four points from the free throw line, he missed all seven shots from the field, but the team played well.
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