Lithuania made only 2 of 19 3-pointers, scored 94 points, Valan 18+9, first win in the European Championship

On August 27, the highly anticipated European Men's Basketball Championship officially kicked off! In the first game, Lithuania defeated the British team with a big score of 94:70! This game was born two indisputable facts and one incredible! As soon as the game started, Britain scored a 5-0 start. Lithuania scored a 12-0 offensive climax in the inside line. Bello dunked to stop the bleeding. Lithuania widened the gap to double digits. The two sides fought a tug-of-war around the 10-point difference in the second quarter. Britain attacked the basket in turn to narrow the gap. Valanna took the initiative to lead the team to score points and lead the team in succession. After the halftime, Lithuania led Britain 41-33.

In the second half, Lithuania suppressed its opponents on both ends of offense and defense, and a 17-5 attack wave widened the gap to 20 points in one fell swoop. Britain and the outside world continued to fight back and hit a 7-0 attack wave. At the critical moment, Tuberis scored two goals in a row, leading Lithuania to a 11-0 offensive climax to suppress the opponent's counterattack momentum! In the end, the winner was 94:70!

Two indisputable facts in this game

1. In this game, Lithuanian team played for the NBA player Valanciunas was obviously better! Playing for 21 minutes, efficiently scored 18 points and 9 rebounds! It includes 5 frontcourt rebounds, and he has fought for frontcourt rebounds many times in the interior to complete a second offense. At the basket, there is no player in the UK who can defend him!

2. There is an old saying on the basketball court: "Those who get rebounds win the world!" The Lithuanian team has a very strong overall rebounding ability. Lithuania grabbed a total of 57 rebounds in the whole game, while the opponent only had 31. This item beats the opponent 26, which means that Lithuanian team has 26 more offensive opportunities than the British team!

1 Incredible

Lithuania, who is good at shooting 3 points in this game, shot 19 times outside the 3-point line, and only hit two goals, with a very low shooting percentage! What's even more incredible is that Lithuania can actually score 94 points when only two 3-pointers were scored in the whole game. It can be seen that Lithuania's offense is quite rich!

Player data of both sides:

Lithuania: Valanciunas 18 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist, Tuberis 17 points, 7 rebounds and 2 interrupts, Jokubatis 12 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, Normantas 12 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Welicka 10 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, 2 interrupts, Gidretis 7 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist, 2 interrupts, Sedekskis 6 points, 3 rebounds and 3 rebounds, Brazevic 4 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, Birutis 4 points, 4 rebounds and 4 rebounds, Radzevecius 2 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, Sarginas 2 points, Sylvedis 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

UK: Yeboa scored 17 points, Hesson scored 10 points and 5 rebounds, Philip scored 10 points.