Manila, Pilipine. Ua ʻike ka lehulehu o 11,349 mau mea pā i kahi manawa kupaianaha ma ka Mall of Asia Arena i ka lanakila ʻana o Lithuania ma luna o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa me ka helu hope o 110-104. Ua hōʻike ʻia kēia pāʻani koʻikoʻi a me ka hoihoi i ka makemake a me ke kālena i loaʻa i ka pōʻaleʻa pōʻai honua i mea kūpono loa e paʻi i ka nūhou eu.
ʻO kahi hoʻomaka ʻana a me kahi hopena hoʻohauʻoli
Mai kinohi mai, Lituania ua hōʻike i ko lākou mana ma ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi alakaʻi 52-31 i ka hopena o ka hapa mua. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka mea i mahalo nui ʻia kēia pāʻani, ʻaʻole wale ka pōmaikaʻi mua o Lithuania akā ʻo ka hopena hauʻoli hoʻi i hauʻoli nā mea a pau.
I ka hapalua manawa o Coach ʻO Steve Kerr a ua hana kāna hui i kā lākou kupua ma ka hoʻā ʻana i kahi huna huna i kaupalena ʻia ʻo Lithuania i ʻelua helu wale nō i nā minuke ʻelima mua o ka hapaha ʻekolu. ʻO ka hemahema he 17 mau helu i ʻike ʻia e Team USA i ka hapalua manawa, ua emi koke i ʻehā mau helu mahalo, iā Mikal Bridges e alakaʻi ana i ka manawa paʻa ʻole. Me 10 mau minuke i koe ma ka uaki, kū ka helu ma 71-65 e hoʻokomo i ka ikehu hou i loko o ka Hui USA.
Eia nō naʻe, ua hōʻike ʻo Kazys Maksvytis ke poʻo o Kazakhstan i ka nani ma ka mālama ʻana i kahi hui kaulike.
Ua alakaʻi ka hui ʻelua i ka hapahā ʻehā. Me nā mea pāʻani e like me Jonas Valanciunas lāua ʻo Donatas Motiejunas i ka pena a me Vaidas Kariniauskas kahi i manaʻo ʻole ʻia ma ke ʻano he kiaʻi kiaʻi, loaʻa mau ʻo Lithuania i nā ala e kiʻi ai ma kahi kokoke i ka hīnaʻi, e pale ana i ka USA hui mai ka pani ʻana i kā lākou alakaʻi.
I nā minuke o ka pāʻani, ua paʻa mau ʻo Lithuania a ua hana i nā kīloi manuahi koʻikoʻi e hoʻopaʻa i kā lākou lanakila paʻakikī me ka pololei a me ka mālie.
Ka Unstoppable Jonas Valanciunas
Jonas Valanciunas he ikaika i loko o kēia pāʻani. ʻAʻole ʻo kāna helu helu wale nō e hopu i kona hopena i ka ʻaha. ʻAʻole wale ʻo Valanciunas i alakaʻi i ka leo akā ua hōʻike pū i kahi kūlana kino weliweli no Lithuania. ʻO Jaren Jackson Jr., Bobby Portis Jr., A ʻo Paolo Banchero hiki iā ia ke hōʻoia i ka paʻakikī o ke alo ʻana iā ia me ka pale a me ka ʻino. ʻOiai ua hoʻopau ʻo Valanciunas me nā helu 12, 7 rebounds a me 2 poloka, ʻoi aku kona mana ma mua o ka mea i hōʻike ʻia ma nā helu.
Stats Haʻi i ka Moʻolelo
Ua hōʻike ʻia ko Lithuania hana hoʻohiwahiwa e ko lākou ʻano pana kī ʻekolu i ko lākou hoʻāʻo mua ʻana ʻeiwa mai, ma waho aʻe o ke arc. ʻO kēia hoʻokō kupaianaha i hiki iā lākou ke kūkulu i kahi alakaʻi 21-point i ka hapa mua. ʻOiai ua emi iho ko lākou pololei mai ka pae helu ʻekolu, ua kū mai ko lākou hiki ke hoʻopaʻa i nā rebounds. Ua hoʻokō lākou i ka hopu 18 rebounds, ka hopena i ka lanakila nui 17-2 i nā helu lua-manawa.
Ke hoʻomau nei i ka Lithuanian Legacy
ʻO ka lanakila ʻana o Lithuania i kēia hoʻokūkū i hōʻailona i ka manawa i lanakila ai lākou iā ʻAmelika e hōʻike ana i nā hanauna like ʻole o ke kālena basketball. ʻO kēia lanakila ka hoʻouna ʻana i ka ʻōlelo i ke ao pōpōpō; ʻO Lithuania he mea hoʻokūkū koʻikoʻi no ka mekala gula.
ʻEono mau mea pāʻani Lithuanian i kiʻi i nā helu, e hōʻike ana i kahi hewa holoʻokoʻa i hana koʻikoʻi i ka lanakila ʻana iā ʻAmelika. Ua alakaʻi ʻo Anthony Edwards i ka hui me nā helu he 35, akā ʻaʻohe o kāna mau hoa i loaʻa ma mua o 14 mau helu. Ua hana kēia i ka pāʻani i mea maʻamau a paʻakikī no ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ma ka World Cup.
Ka lakou i olelo ai
- ʻO Kazys Maksvytis, ka luna alakaʻi o Lithuania: “Pono mākou e mālama i ko mākou mau manaʻo a me kā mākou hoʻoikaika ʻana no ka pāʻani e hiki mai ana. I loko o ʻelua mau lā, hoʻomaka mākou i ka pāʻani pāʻani. Hoʻomaikaʻi i kaʻu mau mea pāʻani, akā pono mākou e hoʻomanaʻo pōkole e hoʻomākaukau ai no ka pāʻani lua.
- Vaidas Kariniauskas, Lithuania: “He paʻakikī ke kamaʻilio. He pāʻani paʻakikī ia mai kinohi mai. He lanakila nui ia no ko kākou ʻāina, no nā mea pāʻani, nā kumu aʻo, e pāʻani kūʻē i nā mea maikaʻi loa o ka honua. Hauʻoli wau no koʻu ʻāina, no koʻu ʻohana, no ko mākou ʻohana, a ʻaʻole pono mākou e hoʻōki i kēia manawa. ʻAʻole pono mākou e hoʻolauleʻa nui; Loaʻa iā mākou kahi hana-a-make e kūʻē iā Serbia i nā hola 48.
- ʻO Steve Kerr, ke kumu aʻo poʻo o ʻAmelika: “He pāʻani pīpeku maikaʻi. ʻIke ʻia ʻo Lithuania i puka mai i waho o nā ʻīpuka i ke ahi, hana i kā lākou ʻeiwa ʻekolu, lawe mai iā mākou. Aloha au i ke ʻano o kā mākou poʻe i hakakā ai, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka pāʻani ma ka hapa ʻelua, hoʻokūkū me he pupule, hāʻawi i ka holo maikaʻi loa, akā ʻaʻole lawa. He pāʻani maikaʻi ia no mākou e ʻike. ʻO FIBA kēia. Aia nā hui nui i hoʻomau, hoʻomaopopo i kā lākou hana, hoʻokō lākou. Ua nani ʻo Lithuania i kēia pō; pono lākou e lanakila.
- ʻO Anthony Edwards, USA: “Laki hiki iā mākou ke pāʻani hou; ʻo ia wale nō kaʻu e noʻonoʻo nei.
Ma ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni nui o ka pōpōpō pōʻai honua, ʻo ka lanakila kupaianaha ʻo Lithuania ma luna o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻaʻole e kānalua ʻia i ka mōʻaukala ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona o ko lākou akamai, kūpaʻa, a me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa kūpaʻa ʻole i ka maikaʻi. Ke manaʻolana nei ka honua i kā lākou hoʻokūkū e hiki mai ana me Serbia, kahi hoʻokūkū e hoʻohiki nei ʻaʻole ia he mea pōkole.
