";s:4:"text";s:4082:" There are several monuments to basketball in Lithuania: the one near the Vilnius arena became the symbol of Lithuanian basketball federation (unveiled in 2007). Despite its third loss in the tournament, Lithuania still had a chance to qualify to the knockout rounds by defeating Second round started against defending vice-champions France, which forced Lithuania into solid defense - especially against Tony Parker - to win the game 76–62.After becoming European vice-champions in 2013, Lithuanians automatically qualified into the On August 26, just a few hours before the last preparation game against Croatia, a final team roster was announced without During the eighth-finals, Jonas Valančiūnas led Lithuania to a difficult victory against New Zealand, 76–71.Lithuania fought point-for-point through two quarters; however, after half-time Team USA scored 10–0 and after winning the third quarter 33–14, leaving no chances for the Lithuanian team to come back. Lithuania lead for most of the game, only for the Argentinians to tie with 18 seconds remaining. In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Lithuania lost to the USA national team at more than 40 points. ""I don't think that any American could ever possibly connect to the meaning for those people. The OlyMadMen who provide the data for this site In the final quarter, Lithuania closed in to 83–82 in the 34th minute, before the Americans took their stand and kept the lead to the end, winning the match 104–96 and leaving the Lithuanians without Olympic medals for the first time.Starting the tournament as defending champions, Lithuania proved their favoritism by beating Turkey, Croatia and Lithuania started EuroBasket well, crushing both Turkey (86–69),Round 2 had Lithuania winning much disputed games against Italy (79–74),The quarter-finals had Lithuania against the traditional Croatia national team, which did not yield to the Lithuanians' superiority and even lead after the first and third quarters. The longest-tenured sponsor is the There are many books describing the glorious Lithuanian basketball history. With Greeks we won the European championship bronze. Madrid, 1995.R. Lithuania Basketball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games Lithuania at the 1992 Summer Games: Next Summer Games. For the women's team, see Men's national basketball team representing Lithuania"Physical Culture Palace director Mr. Augustauskas asked me: Could you win the European championship? The OlyMadMen who provided the data behind the Sports Reference Olympic site have reopened <...> Like every other Lithuanian player, I dream of winning a title with my country. A quarterfinal against Russia ensued, and while the Lithuanians had beaten them two weeks before and lead the game 38–35 at halftime, the Russians beat the inexperienced team by 82–67. Having the experience of playing the Boomers earlier in the year, Lithuania had a strong defensive strategy, and combined with a helped by a shooting percentage of 67%, never gave up the lead on the way to an 89–71 victory, winning their third consecutive Olympic bronze medal. The game was a close affair, with the lead changing hands nine times and both teams attempting as many three-point shots as possible (Lithuania converted 21 of their 37 shots, and the United States had 8 out of 18). With only the consolation tournament left, Lithuania crushed the As usually, by preparing for the significant championship, the Lithuania national team played a wide variety of games and tournaments. Bronze winners at the 1992 Olympics, the Lithuanian basketball team accept their medals wearing Grateful Dead tie-dyes. Vilnius: Lietuvos Rytas, 2000 Record: 6-2, 3rd in … The article caught the eye of the Lead musicians Gerry Garcia, Bob Weir and the others took immediate sympathy for the cause.