By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The crafts of the dynamic duo compiled by Mantas Kalnietis (20 points, 7 assists) and Jonas Valanciunas (19 points, 8 rebounds) led Lithuania to an easy 81 – 68 victory against Australia in a prep game, less than week before the Olympic Games.
Superior in the majority of the game, the Lithuanian national team established a double-digit lead 16-6, at the mid of the first quarter, preserving it rather easily, never feeling really threatened by their opponents. Near the beginning of the fourth period, the distance between the two teams in the boxscore even reached an 18-point differential, 64 – 46.
For the Australian Boomers, Joe Ingles scored 16 points and 4 rebounds. while Aaron Baynes added 14 points plus 7 rebounds.