+byxl Valanciunas is half from Poland and Kuzminskas is half Dutch. Also Sabonis is half from Russia. And the wife of Jasikevicius is Greek and their children are half Greek so that means more mixed "lithuanians" in the national team will join the multicultural lithuanian team in the future..
from the very start they (Lituania) were better team...sometimes you just got a bad day,, its sport , head up guys , we still love you and we know that you wanted this victory more than anything...once again congrats to Lituania from Serbia
Dušan Isailović true but that was gambling from their side and sometimes gambling in sports pays off ...šta da se radi brate svima nam je teško , mene za fudbal zabole al kad izgubimo u basketu mnogo tučem kera :)
+Dušan Isailović You cannot deny that Serbian players did their part of acting...in sports, contact is inevitable, no need to rage over the spilled milk
+PerilousPear VG It was a terrible performance from both teams to be honest. 21 mistakes from Lithuania, but Serbia failed to capitalize on those mistakes and gain an advantage. Three point shooting percentages terrible from both teams. Good luck in your game against France though ;)
+Serbensk Serbolas whatever what country it is... but look - in Serbia 9m people and Lithuania 3m. there I think was more lithuanians... ofc me too get mad when my country plays terrible, just dont show that madness on us. thats sport. maybe life, but serbia can revenge for us next time :) Good luck!
Zilvinas Zuravliovas Pražanga puolime, nors Kalnietis atsitraukė ir nebuvo jokio kontakto? Apie ką tu kalbi.. Atsibusk. Nebuvo jokio kontakto nes Kalnietis atsitraukė ir nuleido rankas. Pražanga puolime jam.. Nekalbėk apie krepšini jeigu nežinai taisyklių.
+14walcotttheo Only Latvians are our brothers . Serbians you are not our brothers. We are not even slavs. Lithuania and Latvia are called Balts. Also Estonians are Balts. But they always think they are better so they consider themselves as Nordic.
+DemoActive I agree, no loss in all games definitely shows that. You have to agree Lithuania defense was tought, we Lithuanians dont mind referee calls tonight ;)
+DemoActive You can have luck with shots when you are wide open, not when when the other team locks you down with their defense. And the referees didn't call many fouls from Serbia, but as always, even though Lithuania is #4 in the world, whenever someone loses they always think it's this or that, not because they've been playing well for decades.
Huge respect to Serbia, they are real team! I hope you will win the bronze against France! Best wishes from Lithuania, but now, SPAIN, WE ARE COMMING!!!!
+KOSOVOisSERBIA888 Since when are Pau Gasol, Rodriguez and many others awesome players in the spanish team from Africa? There is only a small fraction of the players that are actually from africa and did not play in spain when they were young
SomethingBG yeah, i know ibaka is from the congo, but he is not even playing. And he is the only african spain has. If i was french, i would understand him saying that, but being spanish. ..
Serbia was a great whole tournemant and in semi final awful. Congratulations to Lithuania who have a bad game too. I hope that you will play good game against Spain (So we can have at least consolation,that we knocked out by a good team) Sorry for my english.
+Dragan Torbicic As coach Kazlauskas keeps saying to journalists after bad yet winning games: "Life has taught me to value terrible wins over excellent losses; should you tell me that we will win tomorrow playing a terrible game, I will be more than happy to accept it". As a Lithuanian, I too would be absolutely satisfied to see tomorrow a horrible win rather than a stellar performance in a loss. :-) Having said that, a beautiful game would definitely be a sweet bonus.
+zygingintas I know what you mean,and I fully understand you.And me to love win with bad game,more than great game with defeat. I write that comment ,because I think that Lithuania not good team for the final.You have a 20 turnovers against us,and we have a only 6/28 for 3pt.You have better tactic and this is it.But against Spain I am afraid you can lose over 15+ points. I hope I'm wrong,because I hate Spain and other countries who have a naturalized players like a Mirotic,Ibaka etc. Lithuania basketball culture is amazing,we are similar ,and you deserve a GOLD!
***** True that. And yet note that despite 20 TOs Serbia was not given any chances to convert them to fast break points. That's where the game plan goes into play. That notwithstanding, each game is a story with peculiarities of its own. For instance, Serbia was altogether a totally different beast from all other teams Lithuanian team played so far, in terms of having the most even roster, show great communication and mutual help. It was a hustling and grinding game with players getting really tired. It affects everything, from # of TOs to shooting percentage. For instance, our PG Kalnietis, who committed 8 TOs in the game against Serbia, is absolutely exhausted, for he's #2 in Minutes per Game (34.0) in the Championship, with last five games being in the range of 35-40 mpg. I'm worried about this before the final game. I think the final game is going to be a different story, for Spain is one the worst defending teams - 19th in the Championship. Note that Italy was something along the lines: strong offense with weak defense. And coach Kazlauskas adjusted accordingly - Lithuania outscored a great scoring team. Maybe it is something what we should be looking forward to in the upcoming game. But it is just empty guessing. To be honest, even if it is always disastrous to underestimate Spain, I think they are a weaker team than Serbia this year. And Scariolo is a joke. But it's just one game, which as you probably know better than me, can turn out not the way you want it. All in all, everybody is tired at this point in the championship with 'wooden' legs, and it affects the shooting percentage and scoring. A lot will depend on sheer desire and willpower: Who wants to win more no matter what. Peace out! And all the best in the game for the medal!
Congrats to the Lithuanian nation from Spain. This is gonna be tough final, I hope we can see great basketball on the road to medals! It looks like we are having half europe against our squad...!
As i told before playing tough game is usual for Lithuania but Serbia wasn't ready for that... Anyway great game respect for both team the match was amazing! Now Lithuania next target is Spain.. good luck with that! LITHUANIA!!
To Serbian Fans: With all due respect to your effort, why do you always have to blame the refs after every close defeat you get? I could gather many bad calls gone against LTU, the officiating was poor in general. Why can't you be graceful in defeat? I have all the respect in the world for Serbian basketball, a great grind of a match between two of the best basketball schools in the world. Best of luck in the bronze match.
+lureful16 Because we understand every aspect of basketball game (as well as the Lithuanians), so we know when a judge makes a mistake, even in our favor. In Serbia, football is most popular,but everybody play basketball and her version even women,old men, kids.Everybody is a judge, as no one can't be fooled, so we play clean..And it is difficult to explain to someone who does not understand basketball like we do, then they say you crying ,but because you are a Lithuanian I will try.Today we have lost because of poor inside game(Valanciunas),judges have made a couple of unintentional mistakes (1 quarter goaltending and 2 traveling and blockade at the end of 4 quater), but it is not decided, you deserved to won, its a close game so, some do put too much emphasis. And good luck in the final, probably whole Serbia will support you.
I see that a lot of serbian fans are taking the example of Djordjevic and are reacting with great attitudes to this loss. That is class. This is why we will always respect Serbia as a basketball nation. We will meet again. The Eurobasket el classico. And may the best team win.
Congratulations Lietuva and best wishes in the final! I'm very proud on our Serbia team and I'm sure that they will get tickets for Olympic games. See you next year in Brasil and be ready for a rematch. :)
Tremendous defensive display by both teams, keeping the scores under 70 points. I was very disappointed by our overall lack of focus on offense. Those mistakes cost us the game. Its always harder to swallow a close defeat than a clear loss. Especially with the momentum we had. Take nothing away from Lithuania, but we had a team that could have been champions, who really showed what an amazing unit they are game after game and I'm afraid that bronze is not a consolation. It was always about the gold and about qualification for the Olympics. 3rd or 4th doesn't really matter and the French have greater pressure to win in front of their crowd. That's basketball though, one bad game and its over. Look at Greece and Spain at last year's world championship, same thing. In reality, there is very little difference in quality between the top 5-6 teams in this championship and its always going to come down to who is better under pressure. Lithuania proved once again that they can do well in close games and because of this they will play in the Olympics next year. They were true to their reputation as one of the best schools of basketball and always a tough and complex team to defeat. Good luck in the final, hope you beat Spain by 50!!!
***** lol no, you loose cowardly to avoid Spain in the final and your defeat. Cry more please. Even it's true that you defeat us in group stage but means nothing now ;).
+Azor Αζώρ That's the problem, it clearly wasn't on time, go take a look at the frames of the last second. It took the fans watching on tv 5 minutes to upload it online just by pausing there tv while the ref decided it wasn't even though he had every angle to look at from the recordings.
+Tadas Tamosauskas Siaip pakartojima paziurejus Kalnas blokavo nuo lentos atsokusi kamuoli tad 2 taskai turejo but. Bet nei kiek nepykstu, kad jie nebuvo iskaityti
+hermizas Zinau ;D bet vistiek del grozio ;) Teisejavimas tikrai nekoks, daug klaidu, neiskaitytu baudu, kalniecio blokas... Bent replay paziuretu... Gerai kad finale jo nebus... Jug negali teisejas is tos pacios salies teisejauti?
Another kiddo crying for his poor country? I was in Srbia two times and yeay... Poorest country I ever seen... I bought something in the gas station and they give me my change: it was like 0.30€, in serbian money in whas like 36 in banknktes - it shows how poor is serbia and how poor u live. And what do u call ex-soviet country? We was in soviet union but why traied to ecxape, making chains of humans, singing, and why won, but serbia is almost soviet country, u from same slavian born, speaking same, looking same, same names... So stop crying, maybe next time... If lithuania will not get on your way... ;)
+Serbensk Serbolas We are very rich comparing with serbia. Serbia is poorest country i ever seen. We have much better hystory when you. And you sad cold? It was 24° C yeasterdey
+Serbensk Serbolas U know what I was writing a replys and just realies... U just made a mistake... All wrote is abount serbia... Maybe exept cold and blonde... Evetrythig left really match Serbia
didn't expect Lithuania beating Serbia...this Eurobasket is teaching us that everybody can beat everybody..This time it's clear and I'm speaking for Spain,(cause many people in Europe may hate Spain cause of rudy-me too I think rudy's behavior is childish especially in the Euroleague,though he is a great player,)they are the best in Europe the past years..they deserve it,as much as Lithuania,Serbia,France,Italy,Hellas do!!!...Gasol is a world Basketball Legend such us,Sabonis,Galis,Petrovic,Nowitski,Parker...plus many other great players all over Europe....I RESPECT GASOL more talking about SPANOULIS'S retirement of the Hellenic national team!..
But wow. Serbia was playing perfectly. Everygame I watched, said;Lithuania will win, but when came semifinal I get confused.... but this time luck is for Lithuania :) Good luck for Serbia :) Spain, Gasol, we are coming!
Congratulations to Lithuania! The best player of Serbia tonight was the turkish referee. Good luck in the final, i hope you beat the spanish actors! Still Greece is better than everyone...
Games with Lithuania starts getting interesting to watch. The team is not very strong, in this round Serbia was stronger and showed more leadership, but as always Lithuania won by few points just because lucky circumstances. During the match they made lot's of mistakes, but somehow these last seconds tend to be lucky for them. Will see if the same luck will lead them during match with Spain.
+RandomWisdom They're not lucky, Serbia was just sleeping on the entire game. Serbians had tons of chances and didn't even take up on them so don't try to find excuses for your loss. Lithuania was the better team from the first few minutes. I watched the match live and it was obvious that Serbians were either very sure they were going to win that they weren't even trying or they just didn't prepare. Easy gold, yeah right.
Lithuania deserved to win, but obviously here serbian team was not at it's top. They were great at the group stage. It is funny how almost everybody expected Serbia and France in finals, but eventually we had Spain and Lithuania in finals.
+Elise The Spider Queen Because Lithuania had judges on their side now? They had the same ref that stole the game against Belgium. Many bad calls for both teams. Interesting to see everyone claiming an easy ride in each game against Lithuania
Akillian1 yeah but this game is for fianls, judges made mistake 2-3 times when Serbia were close to take lead so i just say against Spain you won't get help.
+Elise The Spider Queen You only got refs to back up on huh. Lol what about the fact that serbians practically slept on all their chances of beating Lithuania. Just own up to it lol and then you wonder why the whole eurobasket downgrades your country.
+Kvacilo Jok First time meeting a tough defense and the excuses begin. Remember the bad boy Pistons? Defense on a whole different level, still call them butchers?
+Akillian1 This was championship teams with similar quality, (SRB, GRE,SPA,LIT,FRA), no Spanish or Serbian domination. I understand your enthusiasm victory over the world vice-champion, enjoy your success, see you in Rio!
Kvacilo Jok Precisely, every team at this point is elite and those who make excuses like ref calls are just imbeciles. Very proud of this win when there were virtually no expectations for us going in to the playoffs, can't wait for another classic with the Serbs :)
+Akillian1 If it is common for judges from countries that participate in the final judgment in semi-final...as i said, this 5 nations fights for medal, all others are supporters.
It wasn't so much that Lithuania was/is good and beat us. It was the fact that we played badly and beat ourselves. Liths will get spanked on Sunday no doubt.
tbh both teams didnt play so well, and lithuania made couple of fauls that didnt count, still you derseved to win.We played so poorly but ok, good luck in finals from serbia :)
20 TO, only 2 three pointers and we still won against 'best offense' lol a bit of tough defense and serbia looked like a amatuer team, finally a true revenge for this dirty country
+erkut görkem Was Turkey at the Eurobasket? Were you in our group or was that Andorra? I always get confused about these two countries? Red shirts, amateur players and all.
Hocete realno? I jedni i drugi su bili katastrofalni i promasivali ono sto bi neko i zavezanih ociju pogodio, a kamoli oni profesionalni kosarkasi. Sreca je odlucila na kraju, nikakva igra to nije bila ni od jednih ni od drugih. Lithuania congrats and best of luck
Well, congrats to Lithuania. If Serbia had to lose a game, I'm glad we lost to a real basketball nation, which actually had 12 of their own players...
+byxl Valanciunas is half from Poland and Kuzminskas is half Dutch. Also Sabonis is half from Russia. And the wife of Jasikevicius is Greek and their children are half Greek so that means more mixed "lithuanians" in the national team will join the multicultural lithuanian team in the future..
dafaq you are talking about?
Fuadas Marius Alijevas i'm talking about your mixed national team. Also i find out that your coach Kazlauskas is Jewish from Lithuania..
***** He is half white. He is irish and Kenyan..
+Azor Αζώρ You are totally right. Also you forgot to say, that your dad is from Mars, who made love to the goat and then you was born.
from the very start they (Lituania) were better team...sometimes you just got a bad day,, its sport , head up guys , we still love you and we know that you wanted this victory more than anything...once again congrats to Lituania from Serbia
+John Stromboly All Lithuanian players had 4 fouls. They've played really dirty today. Obvious tactic...That was boxing not basketball...
Dušan Isailović true but that was gambling from their side and sometimes gambling in sports pays off ...šta da se radi brate svima nam je teško , mene za fudbal zabole al kad izgubimo u basketu mnogo tučem kera :)
+Dušan Isailović You cannot deny that Serbian players did their part of acting...in sports, contact is inevitable, no need to rage over the spilled milk
+Dušan Isailović 5 players, not all.
+John Stromboly Im sorry but Lituania was NOT the better team. Lituania is lucky to have even made it this far.
Bad performance from us this time. GG Lithuania. Best of luck against Spain, and see you in Rio! :) From Serbia.
thnx. hope ltu will win agint other natons in Rio but Spain is to much
+PerilousPear VG It was a terrible performance from both teams to be honest. 21 mistakes from Lithuania, but Serbia failed to capitalize on those mistakes and gain an advantage. Three point shooting percentages terrible from both teams. Good luck in your game against France though ;)
LIETUVA LIETUVA!!!! PREGALE!!!
+Danijela Nedeljkovic Hahahaha malo dostojanstva?
LIETUVA!!
Lliieettiuvvaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+Serbensk Serbolas whatever what country it is... but look - in Serbia 9m people and Lithuania 3m. there I think was more lithuanians... ofc me too get mad when my country plays terrible, just dont show that madness on us. thats sport. maybe life, but serbia can revenge for us next time :) Good luck!
congratulations from spain, it will be a great final. both teams deserve it
Lithuania, congratulations on the pass to the final. It will be a great night of basketball.
Respect from Spain.
Where's that insane block done by M.Kalnietis? By the way, keep watching Maciulis at 1:21 :D
+Interflow Skies LOL Maciulis trolls the whole bench there :D
+Interflow Skies Wasnt that a not called goaltend?
+Serbensk Serbolas you know nobody is paying attention?
I'm surprised Kalnietis chase down block wasn't included
+DjǿŁeƑ× it clearly wasn't you fool :D , they're showed replay like twice, time for you to mske appointment with eye doctor dude :D
+Serbensk Serbolas yeah and Serbia is not Serbia it's Yugoslavia property , and I'm interested how's your country better than ours?
+Zilvinas Zuravliovas Buvo goaltending ten. Kamuolys palietė lenta pirma.
Vardenis Pavardenis Teodosic soko ant Kalniecio specialiai mesdamas tritaski, siaip realiai taip pat buvo prazanga puolime
Zilvinas Zuravliovas Pražanga puolime, nors Kalnietis atsitraukė ir nebuvo jokio kontakto? Apie ką tu kalbi.. Atsibusk. Nebuvo jokio kontakto nes Kalnietis atsitraukė ir nuleido rankas. Pražanga puolime jam.. Nekalbėk apie krepšini jeigu nežinai taisyklių.
Good game braliukai! I hope that Lietuva will win against Spain. REGARDS FROM SERBIA!
+14walcotttheo Tako je bratee!
+Vanja Petkovic Pozz za Vanju ;)
+14walcotttheo *Broliukai ... "Braliukai" that is in Latvian language :)
I'm sorry, my mistake :)
+14walcotttheo Only Latvians are our brothers . Serbians you are not our brothers. We are not even slavs. Lithuania and Latvia are called Balts. Also Estonians are Balts. But they always think they are better so they consider themselves as Nordic.
Passion wins
+DemoActive I agree, no loss in all games definitely shows that. You have to agree Lithuania defense was tought, we Lithuanians dont mind referee calls tonight ;)
+DemoActive You can have luck with shots when you are wide open, not when when the other team locks you down with their defense. And the referees didn't call many fouls from Serbia, but as always, even though Lithuania is #4 in the world, whenever someone loses they always think it's this or that, not because they've been playing well for decades.
Huge respect to Serbia, they are real team! I hope you will win the bronze against France! Best wishes from Lithuania, but now, SPAIN, WE ARE COMMING!!!!
bravo Lithuania- greetings from Croatia
Epic. Francia and Serbia out of the final. Heart and courage have won talent.
+KOSOVOisSERBIA888 Since when are Pau Gasol, Rodriguez and many others awesome players in the spanish team from Africa? There is only a small fraction of the players that are actually from africa and did not play in spain when they were young
I mean, the only player i can recall that is really good and is from Africa is Serge Ibaka (a beast :D) and he is not playing with spain this year X)
SomethingBG yeah, i know ibaka is from the congo, but he is not even playing. And he is the only african spain has. If i was french, i would understand him saying that, but being spanish. ..
Serbia was a great whole tournemant and in semi final awful.
Congratulations to Lithuania who have a bad game too.
I hope that you will play good game against Spain (So we can have at least consolation,that we knocked out by a good team)
Sorry for my english.
lol thnx for the support
+Dragan Torbicic As coach Kazlauskas keeps saying to journalists after bad yet winning games: "Life has taught me to value terrible wins over excellent losses; should you tell me that we will win tomorrow playing a terrible game, I will be more than happy to accept it".
As a Lithuanian, I too would be absolutely satisfied to see tomorrow a horrible win rather than a stellar performance in a loss. :-) Having said that, a beautiful game would definitely be a sweet bonus.
+zygingintas I know what you mean,and I fully understand you.And me to love win with bad game,more than great game with defeat.
I write that comment ,because I think that Lithuania not good team for the final.You have a 20 turnovers against us,and we have a only 6/28 for 3pt.You have better tactic and this is it.But against Spain I am afraid you can lose over 15+ points.
I hope I'm wrong,because I hate Spain and other countries who have a naturalized players like a Mirotic,Ibaka etc.
Lithuania basketball culture is amazing,we are similar ,and you deserve a GOLD!
*****
True that. And yet note that despite 20 TOs Serbia was not given any chances to convert them to fast break points. That's where the game plan goes into play. That notwithstanding, each game is a story with peculiarities of its own. For instance, Serbia was altogether a totally different beast from all other teams Lithuanian team played so far, in terms of having the most even roster, show great communication and mutual help. It was a hustling and grinding game with players getting really tired. It affects everything, from # of TOs to shooting percentage. For instance, our PG Kalnietis, who committed 8 TOs in the game against Serbia, is absolutely exhausted, for he's #2 in Minutes per Game (34.0) in the Championship, with last five games being in the range of 35-40 mpg. I'm worried about this before the final game.
I think the final game is going to be a different story, for Spain is one the worst defending teams - 19th in the Championship. Note that Italy was something along the lines: strong offense with weak defense. And coach Kazlauskas adjusted accordingly - Lithuania outscored a great scoring team. Maybe it is something what we should be looking forward to in the upcoming game. But it is just empty guessing.
To be honest, even if it is always disastrous to underestimate Spain, I think they are a weaker team than Serbia this year. And Scariolo is a joke. But it's just one game, which as you probably know better than me, can turn out not the way you want it.
All in all, everybody is tired at this point in the championship with 'wooden' legs, and it affects the shooting percentage and scoring. A lot will depend on sheer desire and willpower: Who wants to win more no matter what.
Peace out! And all the best in the game for the medal!
+Dragan Torbicic Your best moments was in the group of death. But in the last 16 you started really underperforming.
Easy gold yeah? Lithuania, Lithuania, Lithuania !!! Well done lads!
Great game!
Serbian fans were sure very much for the final but Lithuania defeat them.
Congrats to the Lithuanian nation from Spain. This is gonna be tough final, I hope we can see great basketball on the road to medals! It looks like we are having half europe against our squad...!
Last night Lithuania played with heart. Sincere congratulations. Serbs will cheer for you in the finals.
As i told before playing tough game is usual for Lithuania but Serbia wasn't ready for that... Anyway great game respect for both team the match was amazing! Now Lithuania next target is Spain.. good luck with that! LITHUANIA!!
Easy gold??? cha cha greetings from Lithuania
+SamiProtivSvih what ever you say you still area looser .I.
+SamiProtivSvih Uf You should know it after tonight
+SamiProtivSvih Uf poor little serbian who can't deal with a loss HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
SamiProtivSvih Uf Go to FIBA fb page, ant write your funny comments "FIBA MAFIA, referees won.." Serbians can only cry, also like russians..
To Serbian Fans: With all due respect to your effort, why do you always have to blame the refs after every close defeat you get? I could gather many bad calls gone against LTU, the officiating was poor in general. Why can't you be graceful in defeat?
I have all the respect in the world for Serbian basketball, a great grind of a match between two of the best basketball schools in the world. Best of luck in the bronze match.
+lureful16 Because we think its impossible to lose against Lithuania in regular conditions.
lilblondiexx
In what parallel universe? They never won anything and they are our old "customers"
see u on d olimipic games ;)
+lureful16 Because we understand every aspect of basketball game (as well as the Lithuanians), so we know when a judge makes a mistake, even in our favor. In Serbia, football is most popular,but everybody play basketball and her version even women,old men, kids.Everybody is a judge, as no one can't be fooled, so we play clean..And it is difficult to explain to someone who does not understand basketball like we do, then they say you crying ,but because you are a Lithuanian I will try.Today we have lost because of poor inside game(Valanciunas),judges have made a couple of unintentional mistakes (1 quarter goaltending and 2 traveling and blockade at the end of 4 quater), but it is not decided, you deserved to won, its a close game so, some do put too much emphasis.
And good luck in the final, probably whole Serbia will support you.
+lureful16 you look like a white chinese.
I see that a lot of serbian fans are taking the example of Djordjevic and are reacting with great attitudes to this loss. That is class. This is why we will always respect Serbia as a basketball nation. We will meet again. The Eurobasket el classico. And may the best team win.
green machine is rolling !!!!!!!!1
Maestro Kazlauskas DEFENCE; Serbia was averaging 88 points in the tournament, yesterday, just 64.
Congratulations Lietuva and best wishes in the final! I'm very proud on our Serbia team and I'm sure that they will get tickets for Olympic games. See you next year in Brasil and be ready for a rematch. :)
best two teams best two basketball skools ....just sad its not a final ;)
Schools noob
As one of my friends once told :
don't look for excuses after a tough loss, it's only make you a bad person, use s loss for your motivation!!!!
+Zilvinas Zuravliovas as we used those bad words about our "weak" team didn't deserve to play in Finals..... dat power of inspiration
Spain we are comming for you!
Great final is coming. I hope it will be as epic as both semifinals. We'll se who wins it. Both teams deserve it.
Here we're
+Hans Hoffmann We responded ;)
Tremendous defensive display by both teams, keeping the scores under 70 points.
I was very disappointed by our overall lack of focus on offense. Those mistakes cost us the game. Its always harder to swallow a close defeat than a clear loss. Especially with the momentum we had.
Take nothing away from Lithuania, but we had a team that could have been champions, who really showed what an amazing unit they are game after game and I'm afraid that bronze is not a consolation. It was always about the gold and about qualification for the Olympics. 3rd or 4th doesn't really matter and the French have greater pressure to win in front of their crowd.
That's basketball though, one bad game and its over. Look at Greece and Spain at last year's world championship, same thing.
In reality, there is very little difference in quality between the top 5-6 teams in this championship and its always going to come down to who is better under pressure.
Lithuania proved once again that they can do well in close games and because of this they will play in the Olympics next year. They were true to their reputation as one of the best schools of basketball and always a tough and complex team to defeat.
Good luck in the final, hope you beat Spain by 50!!!
*YES!!! LIETUVA!!!!
Good luck Lithuania, well played and well deseved place in finals. I hope you will win this tournament! Greetings from Serbia!
Great game today. Good luck for sunday. Greetings from Spain. See you in Rio.
France vs Serbia in the final they said... jajajajajajaja
***** lol no, you loose cowardly to avoid Spain in the final and your defeat. Cry more please. Even it's true that you defeat us in group stage but means nothing now ;).
+DemoActive we defeted serbia a year ago, and we loss, it doesn't matter spain will be in Olympics, serbia hasn't got it
+DemoActive France is 100% with Lithuania !
Amiral Ackbar Are you still crying petit croissant? hahhaha
Liberté, Egalité, Jodeté....
+Serbensk Serbolas We actualy have minumum monthly salary of 325€ while serbia have average monthly salary of 230€ ;)
good luck brothers, suport from Serbia! :)
If we win in the finals, then this will proove once and for all that Lithuania in basketball ain't small at all...
Well played...wish u best of luck against spain..respect from Serbia!
where is the block of Kalnietis?? :O That was the best play in this whole game!
***** Thanks for that link, bro :)
I PRESSED LIKE BUTTON FOR TEODOSIC'S LAST POINTS !!!! THAT'S GREAT !
Well done SERBIA I'll support you all my life
good game, this was no easy win for lithuania serbs fought till the very end
The Green Mashine is fired up!!!
The more they say we are weak - the more we stand stronger. Mes laimejom! O rytoj... Paziuresim. Sekmes!
It is about time such a good team like Lithuania do well as in they might win gold which is a rarity for them.
greetnigs from Serbia. Honestly had judged by the mistakes mean a lot in this game. Anyway, good luck in the finals.
I can't believe this!First,Greece,later France and now Sebria.The biggest favories are out of the final!
Congrats from Spain, Lietuva. Can't wait for a great final game.
Serbians and French, you have paid a high price for your arrogance.
Great game Lithuania! Greetings from Serbia,see next time ;) :D
Lithuania must win! And we Win! We always win! Go to Finale!
congrats LTV, from a Greek. Good luck vs. Spain
Where's the block??
+Julius Bankauskas hahahaha you mean point for Markovic ?
+Julius Bankauskas Which part of goaltending you don't get??
Julius Bankauskas so why you complain about your loss against Belgium? The referees said the shot of Lojeski was on time,,
+Azor Αζώρ That's the problem, it clearly wasn't on time, go take a look at the frames of the last second. It took the fans watching on tv 5 minutes to upload it online just by pausing there tv while the ref decided it wasn't even though he had every angle to look at from the recordings.
Wheres kalnietis block ,and Valnaciunas double block. Kur kalniecio blokas ir Valanciuno dvigubas blokas? Vistik, su Pergale!!
+Tadas Tamosauskas Siaip pakartojima paziurejus Kalnas blokavo nuo lentos atsokusi kamuoli tad 2 taskai turejo but. Bet nei kiek nepykstu, kad jie nebuvo iskaityti
+hermizas Zinau ;D bet vistiek del grozio ;) Teisejavimas tikrai nekoks, daug klaidu, neiskaitytu baudu, kalniecio blokas... Bent replay paziuretu... Gerai kad finale jo nebus... Jug negali teisejas is tos pacios salies teisejauti?
Another kiddo crying for his poor country? I was in Srbia two times and yeay... Poorest country I ever seen... I bought something in the gas station and they give me my change: it was like 0.30€, in serbian money in whas like 36 in banknktes - it shows how poor is serbia and how poor u live. And what do u call ex-soviet country? We was in soviet union but why traied to ecxape, making chains of humans, singing, and why won, but serbia is almost soviet country, u from same slavian born, speaking same, looking same, same names... So stop crying, maybe next time... If lithuania will not get on your way... ;)
+Serbensk Serbolas We are very rich comparing with serbia. Serbia is poorest country i ever seen. We have much better hystory when you. And you sad cold? It was 24° C yeasterdey
+Serbensk Serbolas U know what I was writing a replys and just realies... U just made a mistake... All wrote is abount serbia... Maybe exept cold and blonde... Evetrythig left really match Serbia
all we were waiting serbia in the final , well done lithuania from greece
KINGS OF BASKETBALL.LIETUVA!
didn't expect Lithuania beating Serbia...this Eurobasket is teaching us that everybody can beat everybody..This time it's clear and I'm speaking for Spain,(cause many people in Europe may hate Spain cause of rudy-me too I think rudy's behavior is childish especially in the Euroleague,though he is a great player,)they are the best in Europe the past years..they deserve it,as much as Lithuania,Serbia,France,Italy,Hellas do!!!...Gasol is a world Basketball Legend such us,Sabonis,Galis,Petrovic,Nowitski,Parker...plus many other great players all over Europe....I RESPECT GASOL more talking about SPANOULIS'S retirement of the Hellenic national team!..
Υ.Γ ГРЧКА СРБИЈА ПРАВОСЛАВЉЕ
+Pavlos Mountris why you call yourself helens not greeks
+ZvonceZG Idite da slavite sa vasim 9. mestom hahahahha.
+Al bauskas exactly as Stauros Otigoustaro said.
+ZvonceZG what do you mean brother?
Srbija, You have another chance in FIBA Qualified Round, Cheers Up !!!
U are not bad but 2 loses in the row, byee
But wow. Serbia was playing perfectly. Everygame I watched, said;Lithuania will win, but when came semifinal I get confused.... but this time luck is for Lithuania :) Good luck for Serbia :) Spain, Gasol, we are coming!
Lithuania deserved to win. I wish you all the best in the final...
Serbia u mad? we were mad after match with belgium but we didn't call FIBA=mafia. U need to calm down. and by the way ate ate
Raptors fan here supporting valanciunas and lithuania !
Vaya creí que ganaría Serbia por ser subcampeón del Mundial pero Lituania dio catedra de un buen basketball
good wishes from brothers Serbians,it was really difficult game. I hope we beat Spain in the final?:)
equal teams..but lithuanians wanted it more,good numbers of supporters in lille
Congratulations to Lithuania! The best player of Serbia tonight was the turkish referee. Good luck in the final, i hope you beat the spanish actors! Still Greece is better than everyone...
Xarriable I forgot to say that the best player of Lithuania was the spanish referee! hahaha :D
+Azor Αζώρ The same referee who stole the game for Lithuania against Belgium? :)
i really wanted Greece to beat spain...
Grulaz where are you from?
Azor Αζώρ LITHUANIA and your from greece right?
This is like in the school...you have a kid who's A student,and all the other kids can't wait to see him getting a F.
Србија шампион!!!!!
Games with Lithuania starts getting interesting to watch. The team is not very strong, in this round Serbia was stronger and showed more leadership, but as always Lithuania won by few points just because lucky circumstances. During the match they made lot's of mistakes, but somehow these last seconds tend to be lucky for them. Will see if the same luck will lead them during match with Spain.
+RandomWisdom They had judges couple of times nothing more, they can't win against Spain...
+RandomWisdom Very lucky indeed when Lithuania was dictating the game virtually the whole time along with all the turnovers and stacked up fouls
+RandomWisdom They're not lucky, Serbia was just sleeping on the entire game. Serbians had tons of chances and didn't even take up on them so don't try to find excuses for your loss. Lithuania was the better team from the first few minutes. I watched the match live and it was obvious that Serbians were either very sure they were going to win that they weren't even trying or they just didn't prepare. Easy gold, yeah right.
Lithuania deserved to win, but obviously here serbian team was not at it's top. They were great at the group stage. It is funny how almost everybody expected Serbia and France in finals, but eventually we had Spain and Lithuania in finals.
Lithuania > Serbia.. :** Where's now are these Serbian basketball experts, who said, that Serbia will win easy?
FIBA MAFIA !!!
parfait, beau à voir :) Sveikinu labai graziai nuo pat pradzios zinojau kad Lietuvos rinktine apsimetinejo su savo spragom gyniboi ir nesusizaidimu :)
+Angela Turk shut up turkish!
Azor Αζώρ None themselves, pray, and will pass :D :D:D
Angela Turk what?? are you on drugs again?
Azor Αζώρ Karışmak ne zaman? Allah'sız Şeriat tanıdık?
Azor Αζώρ Ben Neredeyim ve Allah'ın mahkum
Congrats to lithuania I Hope Turkey will be in final next year :)
lijep zgubitak. bravo Litva!
Spain good luck for you, i like Pau Gasol but Valanciunas threw better :D
suuu pergalee
Can't stop look at Mačiulis 1:21
''We will destroy Spaniards at the final, don't worry Greeks''. Yeah, I see...
I respect Serbia but nice play {LIETUVA}
I think the 2003 scenario coming up for US - Lithuania!
Kas varo ish parizhiaus i Lille ? `pm
What was teodosic doing at the very end??
+David P Trying for a long pass, as there wasn't much time left, but Maciulis blocked it.
were is kelnietis blockfrom half court chase to save 2 points
Там нарушение зоны на последних секундах, нет?
Greece vs Serbia finals they said.
+Aivaras Tamošiūnas in a 3 wins matches both Greece and Serbia would qualified over Lithuania...
+Azor Αζώρ Look whos back
But honestly against Spain you won't get judges on your side, lithuanians played bad so i guess it will be 10-20 points win for Spain.
+Elise The Spider Queen Because Lithuania had judges on their side now? They had the same ref that stole the game against Belgium. Many bad calls for both teams. Interesting to see everyone claiming an easy ride in each game against Lithuania
Akillian1 yeah but this game is for fianls, judges made mistake 2-3 times when Serbia were close to take lead so i just say against Spain you won't get help.
+Elise The Spider Queen You only got refs to back up on huh. Lol what about the fact that serbians practically slept on all their chances of beating Lithuania. Just own up to it lol and then you wonder why the whole eurobasket downgrades your country.
Akillian1
AS i said, I can see future
+Elise The Spider Queen Like you probably saw Serbians taking gold, didn't you?
Lithuania is a country with a great basketball tradition, shame you started playing as butchers. Spanish judge was fantastic, for spanish team!
+Kvacilo Jok First time meeting a tough defense and the excuses begin. Remember the bad boy Pistons? Defense on a whole different level, still call them butchers?
+Akillian1 This was championship teams with similar quality, (SRB, GRE,SPA,LIT,FRA), no Spanish or Serbian domination. I understand your enthusiasm victory over the world vice-champion, enjoy your success, see you in Rio!
Kvacilo Jok
Precisely, every team at this point is elite and those who make excuses like ref calls are just imbeciles. Very proud of this win when there were virtually no expectations for us going in to the playoffs, can't wait for another classic with the Serbs :)
+Akillian1 If it is common for judges from countries that participate in the final judgment in semi-final...as i said, this 5 nations fights for medal, all others are supporters.
+Kvacilo Jok Serbs if they lose always blame the referee
Come on Lithuania!
It wasn't so much that Lithuania was/is good and beat us. It was the fact that we played badly and beat ourselves. Liths will get spanked on Sunday no doubt.
Laimėjom! Antrą kartą iš eilės žaisime dėl aukso! Įspūdingai! Šaunuoliai!
All Lithuanian players had 4 fouls. They've played really dirty today. Obvious tactic...That was boxing not basketball...
yeah but ur team is a sht, how many fp enter of serbia? teodotic 4/12 if i didnt forget
+Dušan Isailović The W is all that matters. Serbs are the ones that know for their fairplay :P
KRADJAA!
Hm... Backcourt violation on last possession ?
tbh both teams didnt play so well, and lithuania made couple of fauls that didnt count, still you derseved to win.We played so poorly but ok, good luck in finals from serbia :)
20 TO, only 2 three pointers and we still won against 'best offense' lol a bit of tough defense and serbia looked like a amatuer team, finally a true revenge for this dirty country
Lithuania! mldc biciukai!
Lithuania always best!
1:21 maciulis kad strikineja is kart bloka padares :DD
Where Mantas Kalnietis block?
bravo litvanci neka ste ih dobili srbi su vec mislili o finalu i pricali dobice i spaniju i francusku evo vam kurac..
+Vuk Cevu crna gora u b diviziji :) nema vas ni u jednom sportu, poz
+14walcotttheo barem nismo u c diviziji hahahah
SERBIA!!!!
+erkut görkem Where is turkey?
+erkut görkem Was Turkey at the Eurobasket? Were you in our group or was that Andorra? I always get confused about these two countries? Red shirts, amateur players and all.
Hocete realno? I jedni i drugi su bili katastrofalni i promasivali ono sto bi neko i zavezanih ociju pogodio, a kamoli oni profesionalni kosarkasi. Sreca je odlucila na kraju, nikakva igra to nije bila ni od jednih ni od drugih. Lithuania congrats and best of luck