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Quarter-finals: Russia vs Lithuania

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Quarter-finals: Russia vs Lithuania

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Yes great defence by both teams, I get the feeling that they both use all their energy for defences :). Russia is great at defensive rbd, Kirilenko already with 8 rbd in first quarter...
 
The shots that were falling for Lithuania against USA are not falling for them today. Lots of easy misses by both teams.

USA should watch this game closely because it seems Russia can really give them a run for their money. Excellent defense by Russia.
 
greenarcher said:
The shots that were falling for Lithuania against USA are not falling for them today. Lots of easy misses by both teams.

USA should watch this game closely because it seems Russia can really give them a run for their money. Excellent defense by Russia.
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Russia still can not pull away from Lietuva.
 
Shved is going to play in the NBA right? He is too much of a ballhog based on this game.

Despite the great passes by Russia they still can't put away Lithuania. Hope it stays like this til the end!

Fridzon is really a terrific shooter.
 
Songaila might be the only reason this game is so close, he was a huge help off the bench for Lithuania.
 
Kalnietis, what the fuck this guy is doing at this level? He can't do anything right. Fuck's sake... And the "useless" Songaila is the only one playing and keeping us in the game.
Oh and yes, Kalnietis is making huge progress - hit the rim with his 4th shot. Thats pretty amazing for our main PG.
 
You know despite his many detractors, Darius Songaila has been the best player on the Lithuanian team so far these Olympics. They said he was too old; they said he was too slow. Today however he's the only one who's playing really well.
 
Lithuania must be happy for this -5 difference. Shved has been too erratic, even shooting alone sometimes.

Some 3pt shots are being horrourful. The only good thing at this moment is that the end of the match can be exciting.
 
LTbotd said:
Kalnietis, what the fuck this guy is doing at this level? He can't do anything right. Fuck's sake... And the "useless" Songaila is the only one playing and keeping us in the game.
Oh and yes, Kalnietis is making huge progress - hit the rim with his 4th shot. Thats pretty amazing for our main PG.
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its quite obvious, he is out of shape. what do you expect, some miracle? hehe
 
greenarcher said:
Shved is going to play in the NBA right? He is too much of a ballhog based on this game.

Despite the great passes by Russia they still can't put away Lithuania. Hope it stays like this til the end!

Fridzon is really a terrific shooter.
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He will be just fine in NBA, pg position in Euroleague is very strong and pg-s in Europe are not far behind from pg-s playing for teams in NBA, on all other positions Euroleague is far far behind imo. If Lawson can have more than 10ppg and Dragič is a star, he will do fine :D

Anyway, Russia plays much tougher and better than Lithuania, but have only 5 point advantage, so anything can happen. Lithuania managed to score 51 points in the first half against US, and only 27 against Russia. Russia is so much better at defense, but american offensive power is overwhelming, russians on the other hand, are very avarage offensive team. Btw. Kaun´s free throws are still hilarious to watch. I am waiting for Kleiza to start strong in 3rd quarter, and Pocius to play a better game in second half.
 
Lietuvis said:
ok biggest game coming up for our small, tiny often unknown country on this world stage of basketball where we have been giant killers. this is either going to be a turning point in our existence and whether we start to slide out of top 5 or maintain our strength for the next decade. this game is it and on the shoulders of our national team hovers a heavy burden to continue this succesful run over the last 6 olympics to qualify for every semi final yet again.
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That sums it up right there. Hopefully more of the fellows can find their shot in the second half. Kleiza, Jasikevičius, Kalnietis, Pocius, Kaukėnas, Jasaitis, they all need to come up big in the second half. They can't leave everything to Songaila.

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Illegal2k10 said:
its quite obvious, he is out of shape.
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Physically? How can that be after a season of playing basketball? And he's been in Team Lietuva's training camp from the start. He just can't hit his shots this tournament.

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Lithuania with the comeback, we've got ourselves a game. :D

Russia by 4 ten minutes left.
 
Turnovers, turnovers, turnovers! Just like the game against the US this is Lithuania's downfall.
 
Great game by Kaukenas, I am glad to see that he is still capable to play great on the highest level. Shved played the worst game in the last two years probably, really terrible in spite of 6 assists...
 
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