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VIDEO: Valanciunas eager to take on DeRozan, USA
Jonas Valanciunas praised Lithuania’s defence against Turkey and said he is eager of the challenge of possibly facing his Toronto Raptors team-mate DeMar DeRozan and Team USA in the 2014 FIBA World Cup semi finals.
FIBA World Cup: Final quarter surge sees Lithuania into semi finals
It was tense, it was tight, and it was surprisingly clean, as Lithuania eventually pulled through with a 73-61 win over Turkey to book their spot in the semi-finals of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, writes Emmet Ryan. Omer Asik vs Jonas Valanciunas was the battle we wanted to see and it quickly turned […]
VIDEO: Coach Kazlauskas on how Jonas Valunciunas has evolved
Coach Jonas Kazlauskas gave his thoughts on the growth of Jonas Valanciunas after the Lithuania and Toronto Raptors scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in Lithuania’s win over New Zealand at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
FIBA World Cup: Valanciunas dominates as Lithuania edge New Zealand 76-71
Jonas Valanciunas had his way with the Tall Blacks for most of the game but New Zealand kept fighting throughout to give Lithuania a scare at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Emmet Ryan reports on a game where Kiwi grit was nearly but not quite enough for the upset. Jonas Valanciunas gave an early […]
FIBA World Cup Preview: Group D
We’re going group by group with what you need to know to enjoy the 2014 FIBA World Cup of Basketball. Today we complete our look at the opening round with Group D. The teams Angola Qualified: Won the 2013 FIBA Africa Championship, their 11th time to claim that title and their seventh time making it […]
Giannis Antetokounmpo with the big dunk against Lithuania
Το κάρφωμα του Γιάννη Αντετοκούνμπο με τη… by 22ios The Greek Freak continues to bring his exciting style of play to the FIBA World Cup warm-up games. The Milwaukee Bucks man made this jams during today’s international between his native Greece and Lithuania. We’ll have more on this game later on BiE.
Highlights: Jonas Valanciunas scores 19 points against Australia
It was a big night for Jonas Valanciunas as he scored 19 points and snagged 8 rebounds in Lithuania’s World Cup warm-up win over Australia. Here’s the Raptors’ big man doing his thing.
Basketball World Cup of Beer: Round 2 – Part 1
We’ve reached the knockout stages of the 2014 Basketball World Cup of Beer. The 24 nations from each of the nations in the FIBA World Cup of Basketball are each represented by a beer. Now only 16 remain. Today we’ll see 8 of those become 4 in our first set of second round match-ups. Here […]
Basketball World Cup of Beer – Group D
We’ve reached the final day of the opening round of the 2014 Basketball World Cup of Beer. If you are somehow late to the party, you missed one mother of a battle in Group C yesterday. The rules are simple, every team in the 2014 FIBA World Cup of Basketball is represented by a beer. […]
Highlights: Serbia overcome Greece 60-55, Ukraine promoted
Serbia outlasted a gritty Greek team in the first of Saturday’s FIBA Europe Under 18 men’s semi finals. Neither team did well from beyond the arc but Radovan Djokovic’s pair of treys gave Serbia some breathing room in the fourth before Greece rallied. The victory secured Serbia’s place in the final for the first time […]
Highlights: Serbia coast past Lithuania 83-67 at FIBA Europe U18s
Serbia were made to work for part of this game but eventually had too much for Lithuania to handle as they progressed to the semi-finals of the FIBA Europe Under 18 men’s championships. Serbia held an 11 point lead at the half but Lithuania cut the deficit to just 4 points entering the final frame. […]
Zalgiris beat Neptunas 90-70, take LKL title
Zalgiris Kaunas have been crowned champions of Lithuania with a 90-70 win in Game 6 of the finals against Neptunas. Zalgiris take the series 4-2. After putting up a sterling fight through the opening five games of the series, Neptunas were out of gas by the time they took on reigning champions Zalgiris. The result […]