EManila, kwiiPhilippines. Isihlwele sabalandeli be-11,349 sabona umzuzu omangalisayo kwi-Mall of Asia Arena njengoko iLithuania iphumelele uloyiso olumangalisayo kwi-United States ngamanqaku okugqibela e-110-104. Lo mdlalo unamandla nonika umdla ubonise umdla kunye netalente ekhoyo kwi-basketball yamazwe ngamazwe ekufanele ukuba ibekho kwiindaba ze-eu.
Isiqalo Esichukumisayo kunye nesiphelo esichulumancisayo
Kwasekuqaleni, Lithuwaniya babonise ukongamela kwabo ngokuseka i-52-31 ekhokelayo ukuya ekupheleni kwesiqingatha sokuqala. Nangona kunjalo, into eyenza lo mdlalo uphawuleke ngokwenene yayingeloncedo lokuqala lweLithuania kuphela kodwa nesigqibo esonwabisayo ebesenza wonke umntu abe nomsindo.
Ngexesha lekhefu Umqeqeshi Steve Kerr kunye neqela lakhe basebenza umlingo wabo ngokulayita intlantsi eyanciphisa iLithuania kumanqaku amabini kuphela kwimizuzu emihlanu yokuqala yekota yesithathu. Intsilelo eyoyikisayo yamanqaku ali-17 iQela lase-USA elijongene nawo ngexesha lekhefu ngokukhawuleza liye lancipha laya kutsho kumanqaku amane enkosi, kuMikal Bridges ekhokela umfutho ongagungqiyo. Ngemizuzu eli-10 eshiyekileyo ewotshini, amanqaku ayema kuma-71-65 efaka amandla ahlaziyiweyo kwiQela lase-USA.
Nangona kunjalo, umqeqeshi oyintloko weKazakhstan uKazys Maksvytis ubonakalise ubukrelekrele ngokugcina iqela elilungeleleneyo.
Iqela lesibini liye lakhokela, lamisela ikota yesine. Ngabadlali abafana noJonas Valanciunas kunye noDonatas Motiejunas kwipeyinti kunye nokuma okungalindelekanga uVaidas Kariniauskas njengomgcini wenqaku eligcinayo, iLithuania ibisoloko ifumana iindlela zokufumana amanqaku kufutshane nebhasikithi, ukunqanda i-USA iqela ekuvalelekeni ekukhokheleni kwabo.
Kwimizuzu yomdlalo, iLithuania yahlala iqulunqiwe kwaye yenza ukuphoswa kwamahhala okubalulekileyo ukukhusela uloyiso lwabo abaluzuze nzima ngokuchaneka kunye nokuzola.
UJonas Valanciunas ongenakunqandwa
UJonas Valanciunas ibinamandla kulo mdlalo wonke. Izibalo zakhe zizodwa aziyifaki ngokupheleleyo impembelelo yakhe enkundleni. I-Valanciunas ayizange iholele kuphela ngokuvakalayo kodwa ibonise ubukho bomzimba oboyikisayo eLithuania. UJaren Jackson Jr., uBobby Portis Jr., kunye noPaolo Banchero bonke banokufakazela umngeni wokujongana naye ngokukhusela kunye nokuhlaselayo. Ngoxa i-Valanciunas iphelile ngamanqaku e-12 i-7 rebounds kunye neebhloko ze-2 impembelelo yakhe yahamba ngaphaya kwezinto ezibonakaliswe kumanani.
Izibalo zibalisa iBali
Ukusebenza okuncomekayo kweLithuania kwaphawulwa ngokuchaneka kwabo ngamanqaku amathathu njengoko benza imizamo yabo yokuqala elithoba ukusuka, ngaphaya kwe-arc. Le mpumelelo imangalisayo yabavumela ukuba bakhe isikhokelo samanqaku angama-21 ngexesha lesiqingatha sokuqala. Nangona ukuchaneka kwabo ukusuka kuluhlu lwamanqaku amathathu kunciphile, ukukwazi kwabo ukukhusela i-rebounds bavelele. Bakwazile ukubamba i-18 rebounds, okubangele inzuzo ebalulekileyo ye-17-2 kumanqaku esibini.
Ukuqhubela phambili iLifa laseLithuania
Ukuphumelela kweLithuania kolu khuphiswano kuphawule ixesha abaloyisile ngalo i-USA bebonisa izizukulwana ezahlukeneyo zetalente yebhola yomnyazi. Olu loyiso luthumela umyalezo kwihlabathi lebhola yomnyazi; ILithuania ikhuphisana ngokoyikekayo kwimbasa yegolide.
Abadlali abathandathu baseLithuania bafumene amanqaku ngamanani, bebonisa ulwaphulo-mthetho olunendima ebalulekileyo ekoyiseni i-USA. U-Anthony Edwards ukhokele iqela ngamanqaku angama-35 anomtsalane, kodwa akukho namnye kwabalingane bakhe ofumene amanqaku angaphezu kwe-14. Oku kwenze umdlalo ube ngamava angaqhelekanga nangumceli mngeni kwiMelika, kwiNdebe yeHlabathi.
Oko Bakutshoyo
- UKazys Maksvytis, umqeqeshi oyintloko waseLithuania: “Kufuneka sigcine iimvakalelo zethu kunye nomzamo wethu kumdlalo olandelayo. Kwiintsuku nje ezimbini, siqala umdlalo wamanqamu. Ndithi halala kubadlali bam, kodwa kufuneka sibe nenkumbulo emfutshane ukulungiselela umdlalo wesibini.”
- UVaidas Kariniauskas, waseLithuania: “Kunzima ukuthetha. Ibingumdlalo onzima kwasekuqaleni. Kuyimpumelelo enkulu kwilizwe lethu, kubadlali, abaqeqeshi, ukudlala ngokuchasene nababalaseleyo emhlabeni. Ndiyalivuyela ilizwe lam, usapho lwam, iintsapho zethu, kwaye akukho mfuneko yokuba siyeke ngoku. Akuyomfuneko ukuba sibhiyozele kakhulu; sinokwenza okanye sife ngokuchasene neSerbia kwiiyure ezingama-48. "
- USteve Kerr, umqeqeshi oyintloko wase-USA: “Umdlalo omkhulu webhola yomnyazi. I-Lithuania ngokucacileyo isanda kuphuma kumasango evutha umlilo, yenza i-XNUMXth yokuqala yayo yokuqala, yayisa kuthi. Ndiyayithanda indlela abalwe ngayo abafana bethu, badlale ngcono kakhulu kwisiqingatha sesibini, bakhuphisana ngathi bayaphambana, babalekise kakuhle, kodwa bekungonelanga. Ngumdlalo omnandi kuthi ukuba namava. Le yiFIBA. Kukho amaqela amakhulu anokuqhubeka, ayiqondayo into ayenzayo, ayayenza. ILithuania ibikrelekrele ngobu busuku; bebefanele ukuphumelela.”
- UAnthony Edwards, eUnited States: “Ngethamsanqa siphinda sidlale; yiyo kuphela into endiyicingayo.”
Kwithiyetha enkulu yebhola yomnyazi yamazwe ngamazwe, uloyiso olumangalisayo lweLithuania kwi-United States ngokungathandabuzekiyo luya kuhla kwimbali njengobungqina bobuchule babo, ukomelela, kunye nokuzinikela okungagungqiyo ekugqweseni. Umhlaba ngoku ulindele ngolangazelelo ukhuphiswano lwabo oluzayo kunye neSerbia, i-matchup ethembisa ukuba ayizukwenza nto imfutshane.
