Lithuania at Latvia namayagpag sa classification games

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00:00 The European Powerhouse teams Lithuania and Latvia were able to advance in the FIBA Basketball World Cup in the Mall of Asia Arena last night.

00:08 Rafael Bandayrel is back.

00:10 The European Powerhouse squads were able to meet in the FIBA Basketball World Cup last night.

00:23 After dropping in the quarterfinals, Lithuania was able to recover against Slovenia 100-84.

00:29 No one could stop New Orleans Pelicans big man Jonas Valanciunas who scored 24 points and 12 rebounds.

00:36 On the other hand, NBA superstar Luka Doncic lost 26 markers and 6 rebounds.

00:43 But it was not enough to save his team.

00:47 It was tough to find the energy after the loss to Serbia.

00:51 But I'm happy we found it. I'm happy we came really prepared, really ready for this game.

00:58 And we're not going to give up. We're playing for our country, for the fans.

01:03 Latvia's team also won the game last night against the leading team of Andres Graciulis who scored 28 points for his team.

01:13 The final score was 87-82.

01:15 It was a tough game. Second game in two days. We started slow as you saw in the game.

01:21 But we got our gears rolling and then the game started to become a bit easier.

01:27 Tomorrow, the two Baltic region teams will compete in the fifth place of the World Cup, the Cup of Maguawagi.

01:36 Tomorrow, Doncic and Slovenia will play their last game against Italy for the seventh place.

01:42 Rafael Bandayrel, PTV Sports.