By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Matt Lojeski can be considered a national hero for the Belgium basketball. With a buzzer beating follow gave the win to the Lions over Lithuania (76-74) finishing a 22 points performance the greatest possible way.
He also had 5 assists and 3 rebounds, as Belgium used small ball and stole the game against the mighty front line of Lithuania. Jonas Valanciunas had a double double with 25 points and 12 rebounds, but it was not enough. Lithuania dominated the paint, led by 31-19 after the first 15 minutes, but when Belgium found the right line up in order to play small, things changed.
That been said, if Mantas Kalnietis didn’t hurry to take his last shot, a three with 7 seconds left, then the best case scenario for Lithuania would be overtime. Still Kalnietis missed his shot and gave the time to Belgium for a miracle finish, which you see here and a very close.