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Eurobasket 07 - Croatia vs Lithuania 14/09
14 September 2007
Lithuania Slip Past Croatia, Into Semis
Zoran Planinic missed two foul shots with 1.02 seconds remaining, allowing Lithuania to hold off a motivated Croatia 74-72 and book their spot in Saturday's semi-finals against Russia.
Darius Songalia scored 20 points, grabbed seven rebounds and gave Lithuania the winning basket with 46 seconds left.
Linas Kleiza collected 19 points and nine rebounds and Sarunas Jasikevicius dished out
Zoran Planinic (Croatia)
Zoran Planinic led Croatia with 16 points but missed critical free throws down the stretch.
eight assists as Lithuania remained the only perfect team in the competition.
"It should have been an easier game, but it was very difficult for us psychologically. Croatia are a very good team, but every team in the quarter-finals is good," said Ramunas Siskauskas, who was held to just two points.
"We were a bit nervous at the beginning, but not in the final seconds and that's what helped us to the win."
Lithuania are hoping to repeat their 2003 run to the EuroBasket title - which they won with a perfect 6-0 run.
The Baltic powers are going for European crown number four.
Croatia limped into the quarter-finals having lost their last three games after beating Spain, but Jasmin Repesa's men gave Lithuania all they could handle, especially Planinic, who collected a team-high 16 points as well as three rebounds, five assists and seven steals.
The Tau Vitoria guard however missed when it meant most.
After Marko Popovic was off target on a three-pointer with three seconds left, Planinic was fouled with 1.02 ticks remaining. He missed the first and then purposely missed the second and Lithuania ran off the clock for the win.
Popovic finished with 12 points and Marko Tomas added 10.
Croatia, who will play France in the 5th-8th classification games, shot themselves in the foot, making just eight of 19 foul shots (42%) while holding Lithuania to 40% shooting (23-of-58) for the game.
"We were able to get a last-second shot but unfortunately, it didn't go in," said Tomas.
"Tonight, we suffered at the free throw line."
Lithuania struggled to find their rhythm offensively early on and committed two turnovers while watching Croatia jump ahead 9-3 with Planinic scoring seven points. Back-to-back three-pointers by Popovic kept the Croatians ahead 17-11 before the Lithuanians pulled to within 19-17 after the first period.
Planinic had scored 13 points as Croatia led 33-32. Kleiza answered with a three-point play and a three-pointer for a 38-33 Lithuania lead, but the Baltic defense allowed Marko Tomas to score off an inbounds pass for a 38-35 half-time lead.
Ramunas Butautas's team again couldn't find their form early, making just one of seven shots and giving up three turnovers while Croatia went ahead 44-41with a 9-3 spurt.
A Songalia three-pointer made it 53-49 for Lithuania - only to see Marin Rozic and Damir Markota drain back-to-back treys for a 55-53 Croatia lead going into the fourth.
Lithuania opened the final quarter on an 11-3 run to charge ahead 64-58 but Croatia refused to give up but Kleiza and Simas Jasaitis knocked down back-to-back three-pointers to increase the cushion to 72-65 with three minutes remaining.
A Tomas three-pointer cut the led to 72-70 with a minute left.
Songalia drained a jumper for a four-point lead, but was then called for an unsportsmanlike foul on Planinic with 27 seconds left.
Planinic made two foul shots to set up the drama in the waning seconds.
Length: 183
Rating: 4.80 (42 ratings)
Tags: Eurobasket 07 Croatia Lithuania
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Eurobasket 07 - Greece vs Lithuania 16/09
16 September 2007
Bronze For Lithuania
The two last champions of Europe from 2003 and 2005 met on Sunday evening in Palacio de Deportes in Madrid and when the smoke cleared Lithuania beat Greece 78-69.
Lithuania hit two birds with one stone.
By winning the game they'll get to wear the bronze medal on the EuroBasket 2007 podium later on tonight, and also earned the third European ticket to the Olympic games in 2008.
Theodoros Papaloukas (Greece)
Theo Papaloukas had eight points in the loss.
Greece wanted to win a third medal in a row, but saw a tough Lithuanian group who recovered in time from the surprising loss to Russia in the semi-finals last night.
Ramunas Siskauskas continued his great form from the last games and downed a couple of three-pointers in crunch time to secure the win.
This time he was joined by Ksistof Lavrinovic and Linas Kleiza who shot very well both inside and outside the arc, to make sure Greece will stay behind for the vast majority of the game.
"It's not a gold medal but I'll take this," said Darius Songaila after the game. "For sure it's a great feeling. Now we're going to focus on the Olympics."
Sarunas Jasikevicius, who hammered the last nail in Greece's coffin, finished with 11 points and five assists despite a slow start.
Greece, once again, had only one player with a good shooting night, and this time it was Nikos Zisis.
He dropped in 23 points on 58% shooting from the field, but the total of the team was poor.
The team of coach Yannakis shot only 35%, and couldn't find the way to break the Lithuanian offense, despite forcing 13 turnovers.
Lavrinovic was in a zone in the first minutes, scoring seven points in a row for Lithuania, to make it 7-2 early in the game.
Greece didn't fall behind for long, played tougher on defense and with a 6-0 run got back into the game.
Sarunas Jasikevicius struggled in the first quarter, and for the last basket of the quarter
Ramunas Siskauskas (Lithuania)
Ramunas Siskauskas had 13 points in leading Lithuania to the bronze medal.
Dimitrios Diamantidis stole it from him going coast-to-coast for the lay up and making it 20-19 Lithuania after the first quarter.
Both teams had already six players involved with points after ten minutes, and they continued to rely on them.
Greece collected some offensive boards to take the lead back, but that didn't scare Ksistof Lavrnovic who stepped up with four more points, and gave Lithuania the lead back.
The game went a little out of control as the referees called a double unsportsmanlike foul on Diamantidis and Darius Songaila, and then came a technical on Lazaros Papadopoulos, which was his third.
Lithuania used the mess to take a 39-30 lead with 2:32 left in the half, and cap a 13-1 run, on the way to a seven point lead at the end of the half, 41-34.
Greece kept fighting their way back to the game, and never allowed Lithuania to get too far ahead, but eight points in a row by Kleiza, including two hits from long range, made sure the former champs would not come back.
Ksistof Lavrinovic recorded his 15th, 16th and 17th point with a three point play, to offset a 6-0 Greek run and allow Lithuania enter the last quarter up 62-54.
Greece tried to go with Spanoulis time after time but earned only two points on that, while Siskauskas was hot on the other end to make it 70-58.
Darius Lavrinovic and then Siskauskas blocked Greek shots to keep the margin on double-digits.
When the later nailed two big ones in a row from long range Greece needed a miracle to take the game, down by 11 with 2:02 to play.
Lithuania earned their first ever bronze medal and fifth medal in total in a EuroBasket.
Greece finished fourth and lost the bronze medal game for the fourth time in their history.
Length: 212
Rating: 4.70 (67 ratings)
Tags: Eurobasket 07 Greece Lithuannia
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Eurobasket 07 - Germany vs Lithuania 05/09
05 September 2007
Lithuania Survive Germany Rally
Lithuania nearly gave up a 21-point third quarter lead but held on just enough to beat Germany 84-80 and finish Group C of the 2007 EuroBasket undefeated at 3-0 going into the qualifying round.
Rimantas Kaukenas made two foul shots with 2.6 seconds left to secure the win while Sarunas Jasikevicius led the way with 15 points, 10 assists and four rebounds.
Darjus Lavrinovic had 18 points while Ramunas Siskausas chipped in 13 for the winners.
"We just need to keep plugging along. Over the past three days, we've come together as a team. As long as we keep improving we have a chance to do something. But as we all know the tournament is long," Jasikevicius said.
Germany trailed 60-39 midway through the third quarter but proceeded to drain six three-pointers to pull back to within two, 70-68, early in the final period.
FIBA Europe / Castoria / Tilo Wiedensohler
Nowitzki once again
led the way for
Germany but they fell just short
The Germans missed four straight treys as they tried to take the lead before Lithuania pulled back ahead 79-70 with 2:55 to play.
Another three-pointer and two foul shots by Dirk Nowitzki made it 81-80 with 11 seconds left. Darius Songalia made just one of two foul shots with 9.6 seconds to play but Germany's Ademola Okulaja was charged with an offensive foul on his drive back down the court with 4.3 seconds left, setting up Kaukenas's two foul shots.
"We played well at the start of the game. In the middle we started to have some problems. We had too much focus on Dirk Nowitzki and forgot the other players, who hit two or three unreal shots. We just played up and down. So the finish of the game was really big for us and now we can focus on our next opponent," said Lithuania coach Ramunas Butautas.
Germany were led by Nowitzki's 28 points, nine rebounds, two assists and two blocked shots. Okulaja had 12 points and seven rebounds while Robert Garrett chipped in 10 points.
"We had our opportunities late in the game. We hit a couple of threes and then that unfortunate play at the end of the game -- we were that close to winning the game," German coach Dirk Bauermann said.
"I really have to applaud my team for coming back and playing as hard and well as we did in the second half. We showed tremendous heart and pride. But for us, there's no such thing as a good loss. They might have been the favourites but we could have beat that team and I think we should have."
Nowitzki and Okulaja drained three-pointers as Germany jumped ahead 9-4 early. The game was tied 15-15 when Bauermann was hit with a technical foul, which Lithuania converted into a five-point possession with two Jasikevicius free-throws and a three-pointer by Kaukenas. That sparked a 17-2 finish to the first period, which included threes by Linas Kleiza and Siskausas and had Lithuania up 30-17.
Germany's offensive struggles continued into the second period with Bauermann's team not scoring a basket until Steffen Hamann's lay-up with 4:21 left before the break.
Spanning the first and second quarters, Germany made just one basket in a 9:49 stretch as Lithuania opened a 19-point lead, 42-23. The nightmare second quarter finished with Germany hitting just two of 16 (12%) from the field as Lithuania led 49-32 going into the break.
Lithuania pushed the advantage to 21 points with 5:59 left in the third, but Germany used an 11-2 run to narrow the deficit to 12, 62-50.
Simas Jasaitis and Darjus Lavrinovic did knock down three-pointers only to see Pascal Roller's driving left-handed lay-up fall at the buzzer for a 68-57 Lithuania lead going into the fourth.
Germany opened the final 10 minutes on an 11-2 run but were never able to forge ahead.
Lithuania and Germany advance to the qualifying round in Madrid along with the winner of the Czech Republic-Turkey game later tonight.
Length: 189
Rating: 4.60 (20 ratings)
Tags: Eurobasket 07 Germany Lithuania Rimantas Kaukenas Sarunas Jasikevicius Dirk Nowitzki Linas Kleiza Ademola Okulaja
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Eurobasket 07 - France vs Lithuania 10/09
10 September 2007
Lithuania Put A Bow On France
Lithuania gave birthday boy and team captain Ramunas Siskauskas the best possible present on the day as they beat France 88-73 to remain undefeated (4-0) and remain top Group F of the 2007 EuroBasket.
The 2003 EuroBasket champions led by as many as 20 points at one point in the first half and recovered from a slow start in the third quarter to send France (2-2) to their second loss of the qualifying round, putting their chances of reaching the quarter-finals in the balance.
Siskauskas, who turned 29, finished with a game-high 19 points and was glad to have a
Tony Parker (France)
Parker was kept in check, finishing with only 11 points.
good performance on the day.
"It's my birthday today, so everybody has to play good on his birthday. That's the rule, right?" he joked afterwards.
"We played well in the first half, but then allowed them to come back. We shouldn't allow that in the next games, but I'm happy that we made it work this time. Everybody who went on court played a good game today."
"It's not the first game where we are 20 points up and then we go down and it's difficult against a good team like France to maintain the same intensity. They came back but still we got good moments."
Center Robertas Javtokas was slightly concerned with the team's lack of intensity right after the break but conceded it was a regular bad habit of theirs.
"We always have trouble coming out for the second half, but we managed to overcome it tonight," he admitted. "We just kept playing and showed our best no matter who we play against."
This was a tough loss for France coach Claude Bergeaud who thought his side may not have been ready for the huge task.
"They (Lithuania) played very well and very aggressive. They jump, run and shoot. They know how to play together. We were not ready to play tonight. We couldn't get into our offense like we did against Germany," he said.
Lithuania used a 17-2 spurt in the first 4:30 of the second quarter to turn a 20-19 deficit into a 36-20 advantage.
They had their biggest lead of the night, 42-22, when Simas Jasaitis made a fastbreak lay up with 2:59 left in the first half and went into the break ahead by 16, 48-32.
But Bergeaud's men were the stronger team coming out of the locker room. They used a 10-0 run in the first two minutes of the third quarter to come back within striking distance at 48-42 behind two three-pointers by Florent Pietrus and Yakhouba Diawara and a lay up by Tony Parker.
Diawara hit another long bomb to cut the deficit to five, 50-45 but that's as close as France got.
Lithuania awoke from their funk and used an 8-0 spurt to recover their double-digit lead at 63-52 on Siskaukas' three-pointer with under 2:30 left in the period.
The final quarter was then pretty much a formality, as France couldn't muster another big rally while Lithuania got back to their old and better ways of the first half.
The game started as a very gritty affair as the teams combined for 15 fouls and 22 free-throw attempts in the first quarter.
Lithuania had the advantage for the most part of the opening period and had a seven-point lead, 17-10, after Rimantas Kaukenas made a pair of free-throws.
Les Bleus though finished the period on a 9-2 run -- capped off by Tony Parker's three-point play -- to trail by just one, 19-18.
Bergeaud's men then took the lead, 20-19, when back-up center Pape Badiane made a dunk in the first minute of the second quarter but they then went without a single point for 4:30mins as their opponents went on an incredible run.
Jasikevicius had 14 points and seven assists for Lithuania who will face Slovenia in their last game of the qualifying round, with both teams having already secured their places in the last eight.
Florent Pietrus had a game-high 13 points for France while Tony Parker was held to a quiet 11 points as he had to deal with Lithuania's stifling defense. They will face Turkey -- who earlier today bowed out of the competition -- in a game that could decide their fate.
Length: 176
Rating: 5.00 (20 ratings)
Tags: Eurobasket 07 France Lithuania Songaila Tony Parker Jasaitis Javtokas Jasikevicius Florent Pietrus Sacha Giffa
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Spain vs Lithuania - 2008.07.24 International Friendly
Game in 10 minutes.
Boxscore: http://www.musukrepsinis.lt/public/files/ltu_esp.pdf
SPAIN: Marc Gasol, Felipe Reyes, Alex Mumbrú, Rudy Fernández, Raúl López -cinco inicial- Juan Carlos Navarro, José Manuel Calderón, Carlos Jiménez, Ricky Rubio, Berni RodrÃguez, Jorge Garbajosa and Pau Gasol.
LITHUANIA: Mindaugas Lukauskis, Rimantas Kaukenas, Kristof Lavrinovic, Saras Jasikevicius, Robertas Javtokas -cinco inicial- Tomas Delininkaitis, Jonas Maciulis, Darius Songaila, Simas Jasaitis, Darius Lavrinovic, Marijonas Petravicius, Marius Prekevicius and Linas Kleiza.
Torneo PreolÃmpico Ourense 2008
Lithuania's tour in Spain. Pre-Olympic Basketball Friendly Tournament @ Pazo dos Deportes Paco Paz (Ourense)
Length: 601
Rating: 5.00 (2 ratings)
Tags: basketball highlights ricky rubio rudy fernandez marc gasol pau sarunas jasikevicius spain lithuania españa lituania
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Dwayne Wade Highlight Team USA vs Lithuania HD
Allen Iverson Kobe Bryant Tracy Mcgrady Vince Carter Dwyane Wade Derrick Rose Beasley Shaq Jermaine O'Neal Gilbert Arenas Tim Duncan Kevin Garnett Yao Ming Chris Bosh Steve Nash Lebron James Carmelo Anthony Chris Webber Dennis Rodman Steve Francis Stephon Marbury Shawn Marion Amare Stoudemire Michael Jordan Scottie Pippen Charles Barkley Larry Bird Magic Johnson Karl Malone John Stockton Julius Erving Dwight Howard Brandon Roy Chris Paul Baron Davis Boston Celtics New Jersey Nets New York Knicks Philadelphia 76ers Toronto Raptors Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers Detroit Pistons Indiana Pacers Milwaukee Bucks Atlanta Hawks Charlotte Bobcats Miami Heat Orlando Magic Washington Wizards Dallas Mavericks Houston Rockets Memphis Grizzlies NO/Okla. City Hornets San Antonio Spurs Denver Nuggets Minnesota Timberwolves Portland Trail Blazers Seattle SuperSonics Utah Jazz Golden State Warriors Los Angeles Clippers Los Angeles Lakers Phoenix Suns Sacramento Kings Team USA Olympic Game
Length: 118
Rating: 5.00 (11 ratings)
Tags: allen iverson kobe bryant lebron james wade o'neal michael jordan kidd pierce carter anthony marbury mcgrady nba mix ad
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