Lithuania have been constant thorn in side of AmericansBoth teams had already qualified for next roundUSA will play Italy in Tuesday’s quarter-finals
The US are going to the Paris Olympics next summer. Lithuania made sure that was the only good development for the Americans on Sunday night, when they pulled off a Basketball World Cup stunner.
Vaidas Kariniauskas scored 15 points, Mindaugas Kuzminskas added 14 and Lithuania beat the US 110-104 in a second-round round-robin game at the World Cup. The Americans, among the smallest teams at this tournament, struggled against Lithuania, who have three starters 6ft 9in or taller. The Europeans had 43 rebounds compared to USA’s 27 in the game, a factor that played a large part in the final result.
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