Lithuania enjoys EuroBasket 2011 now. Basketball for Lithuanians is an important part of their national identity. Even Archbishop Sigitas Tamkevicius allowed the students of the Roman Catholic seminary in Kaunas to skip the usual hours of evening meditation to enable them to watch the games of the Lithuanian national team. Jonas Valanciunas became the new national hero after he unexpectedly got the chance for more playing time when, after two EuroBasket games, Lithuania’s center, Marijonas Petravicius, was diagnosed with a lung illness. The alley-oops of experienced Sarunas Jasikev...
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