MANILA (Philippines) – Egypt put up a fight, but it was the yellow, green and red part of the crowd celebrating a knock out punch. Lithuania claimed their first win, leading from the start to the finish in front of 7,229 fans in Manila, with a 93-67 scoreline.
Lithuania joined Montenegro at 1-0 in Group D, while Egypt share the lower half of the standings with Mexico after the first game day defeats in the Mall of Asia Arena.
Turning point: Tip-off. Jonas Valanciunas must have watched the Nikola Vucevic show in the first game of the day in this group, and decided to replicate the exact same recipe. Lithuania’s big guy had 13 points early on in the game, converting a pair of his trademark pump-fakes on the perimeter into drives and dunks.
The lead ballooned to 20 points early in the second quarter,…
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