Photo: Feb.es
Lithuania surprised a very potent Slovenia squad in the Vitoria Touranment in Spain on Friday night. However, Lithuania reacted with two of their top players in recent years, Linas Kleiza and Robert Javtokas. The penetration, jump shots, and physical strength under the boards in the second quarter which led Lithuania winning at halftime.
The game was close through the last two quarters with Slovenia leading up until 5mins on the scoreboard. However, Lithuania closed them game out in the end 86-84 for the first game in the Vitoria Tournament.
Box Score
SLOVENIA (23+15+25+21), 92: Slokar (4), Lakovic (5), Udrih (3), Nachbar (14), Brezec (11) -starters-, Becirovic (15), Dragic (21), Jagodnik (2), Zupan (0), Vidmar (4), Rizvic (5), Klobucar (0).
LITHUANIA (21+19+27+19), 95: Kalnietis (9), Maciulis (3), Kleiza (13), Javtokas (14), Gecevicius (7) -starters-, Seibutis (2), Lukauskis (5), Delininkaitis (6), Jasaitis (5), Klimavicius (5), Jankunas (11), Andriuskevicius (4).
With the marks of top Spanish National teams and figures such as Rafael Nadal who just won the Wimbledon after a 44 year drought for Spanish Players and the Spanish Soccer team who also won the Euro2008 after not winning in the 40s. The national teams for Spain both women and men are hoping to follow in those footsteps in Pekin during the Olympic Summer Basketball Games!