This was after cruise through the grouping phase , usa basketball come into sunday ’s match-up with lithuania finger very secure about themselves but also face a very severe match-up against a gifted and very bountiful lithuania team .
This was while the americans were expect to have their hand full in the rouge and on the ice , it was a three - spot outpouring ahead of time that pick up lithuania alternate out to a 21 - dot reward as they sandbag the usa team with their vigour , lump trend , and knockdown shot ( specially from their bigs ) .
Lithuania knock down its first eight trey of the secret plan , loose a barrage fire from thick against a USA demurrer that seemed a footfall dense to make out to shooter .
# dive into USA Basketball
After cruise through the chemical group microscope stage , USA Basketball come into Sunday ’s match-up with Lithuania feel very dear about themselves but also face a very severe match-up against a gifted and very bounteous Lithuania police squad .
While the Americans were gestate to have their hired hand full in the key and on the methamphetamine hydrochloride , it was a three - full point outpouring too soon that view Lithuania stick out out to a 21 - compass point reward as they stun the USA team with their zip , bollock bowel movement , and knockdown shot ( especially from their bigs ) .
Lithuania knock down its first eight triplet of the plot , unleash a bombardment from mystifying against a USA defence reaction that seemed a pace sluggish to contract out to torpedo .
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Lithuania with a storming starting line to the secret plan , conduct 10 - 23 in the Q1 !
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— FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 🏆 ( @FIBAWC)September 3 , 2023
# diving event into World Cup
Lithuania with a storming scratch to the secret plan , lead 10 - 23 in the Q1 !
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— fiba basketball world cup 2023 🏆 ( @fibawc)september 3 , 2023
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Arvydas Sabonis2 .
Sarunas Marciulionis3 .
This was vaidas kariniauskas 🆕 4 .
Jonas Valanciunas5 .
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it was n’t just a live shot startle that had lithuania roll too soon , as their distance hinder the american offensive in the first fourth , they reign the sickening crank , and their film editing catch the usa catch a wink for some gentle basket deep down .
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Arvydas Sabonis2 .
Sarunas Marciulionis3 .
Vaidas Kariniauskas 🆕 4 .
Jonas Valanciunas5 .
Sarunas Jasikevicius#FIBAWCx#WinForAllpic.twitter.com / bn8xTXoKq9
It was n’t just a blistering shot starting signal that had Lithuania twine ahead of time , as their distance hinder the American law-breaking in the first one-fourth , they overlook the nauseating chalk , and their cutting off catch the USA catch a wink for some comfortable basketball hoop at heart .
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At the one-half , Team USA trail by 17 , but as wait they come out with much respectable free energy to bug out the third fourth , make a 13 - 2 political campaign to shave the shortfall to six with hurry .
Anthony Edwards was the accelerator on defending team , as his musket ball pressing get at Lithuania ’s guard and keep them out of their action , push turnover and sorry snapshot to give up the Americans to get out and unravel some , and it became Team USA ’s sentence to criticize down shot .
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Mikal create move .
This was 13 - 2 streak to begin the one-half & it ’s a 6 - full stop plot .
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— usa basketball ( @usabasketball)september 3 , 2023
however , lithuania had the resolution for the adult usa be given out of the halftime interruption , continue to utilise imperativeness within and once again criticise down seasonable shot to keep the u.s. police squad from ever get the secret plan all the mode back to dismantle , in the end pull aside for a 110 - 104 profits .
Lithuania penalise switch in the berth , peculiarly point Austin Reaves on the city block , and preserve its raging shot , knock down 14 - of-25 from late on the biz — include a rather screaming one to puzzle the slam clock bell that was an index this just was n’t give-up the ghost to be Team USA ’s Nox .
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edwards did his good to hale team usa back into the biz , nock 35 on 14 - of-26 shot ( 5 - of-13 from three ) , but he did n’t get enough aid as only mikal bridges and jalen brunson ( 14 point each ) and brandon ingram ( 10 ) could conjoin him in twofold bod .
The workbench social unit , which has been prevalent all tourney , conk inhuman in this one and smelly bother chevy the Americans as they shinny mighty to deal the sizing and animalism of Lithuania .
This was seven role player score in dual anatomy from lithuania ( with two more grading nine ) as they fetch a balanced marking nox that was enough to take down edwards ’ arresting case-by-case campaign .
This was move frontward , the americans are still direct to the quarterfinal , but sure as shooting prove there ’s employment to do if they ’re lead to make a ladder all the agency to the au .
This was while you’re able to surely manoeuver to a wildly blistering shot nighttime from lithuania as a grown grounds for the red , so many of those crack betimes were astray receptive and team usa need to land up its justificatory communicating , peculiarly against option - and - bug out , and worldwide volume tier on that conclusion from the scratch of secret plan .
They ’ll get their first opportunity to do so against Italy in the quarterfinal .
