The Baltic derby and together the ticket for the Eurobasket quarter -finals 2025 Lithuania!
Making an excellent and highly dominant appearance from the first to the last minute, Rimas Curtinitis’ team prevailed 88-79 of host Latvia in Riga and qualified for the twelfth time in its history in the octave of the event!
Now, the Lithuanians They are waiting for ‘8’ our national teamwhich tomorrow, Sunday (07/09, 21:45), will claim the qualification against Israel.
Top for the winners was the Arna Veltska who entered the … yokubaite shoes And he masterfully led his national team with 21 points, 12 assists and 5 rebounds. Excellent were the Tubelis (18p, 12p) and Sirvid (18p, 7p), at the time where the Jonas Valanci In just 10 minutes he had 9 points and one assist.
For the Latvians, the Kristaps Porzingis It seemed hours by hours to fight on its own, finishing the match with 34 points, 19 rebounds and 1 assists, with Lomaz stopping at 21 points.
The match:
Explosive was the start of the match for Lithuaniawhich thanks to his three three -pointers Velitska And Tubelis’ baskets took the upper hand in the scoring from the scoring 14-6 in the 4th minute. OR Latvia reacted and with seven gathered points of their superstar, Kristaps Porzingisthey found aggressive rhythm and reduced to 18-13 two minutes later, with all Rima Curtinitis constantly hitting the racket and with many protagonists closing the first quarter. at +10 and 28-18.
Porzingis said ‘gimme that’ ??#Eurobasket | #Makeyourmark pic.twitter.com/ylpcnswf1n
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With Lomaz and Smits starting with a quick 8-0 series, the home team reduced to 2 (28-26) At the beginning of the second period. Until the last minute, the match evolved into “one of you and one” with the two teams close to score, but Latvia could not overtake at any point in the match. Somewhere in there, a three -point Tubelis and five gathered points from Sirvidis, raised the difference for the first time in +12 (47-35), with Porzingis scoring in the finale with an unlikely nail and sending the teams to the locker room with score at 47-37.
Porzingis with his own Putback ??#Eurobasket | #Makeyourmark pic.twitter.com/2w6p4bqfym
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The “dogma” continued in the third quarter, where the terrible defenses and large baskets were giving and taking. Despite the moving efforts of … lonely, Christaps Porzingis, Luca Banki’s whole could not approach the score, which was on the outskirts of ten points. With the excellent tonight Veltska and Tubelis winning critical shots, Lithuania closed the period at +12 and 66-54.
He’s called “the unicorn” for a reason … ??
Kristaps Porzingis Puts Back His Own Three-Point Attemp.#Eurobasket | #Makeyourmark pic.twitter.com/me6iypszrl
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Captain Lithuania ????#Eurobasket | #Makeyourmark pic.twitter.com/won9idhjlq
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With the Tubelis and Velitska two -section exploiting Latvian fouls, Lithuania uploaded it Difference to +15 (75-60) At 34 ‘. With a lasting counterattack of Lomaz, Porzingis and Bertansthe typical guests reduced to 7 (76-69) two minutes later, giving new interest to the match. Thanks to the big defenses and critical points, however, the “Baltic Giants” maintained their lead despite Lomaz’s three -pointers in the finale, taking the coveted pink sheet with the match final 88-79.
The quarters: 28-18, 47-37, 66-54, 88-79.
See the statistics of the race here.
Source: Sport Fm
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