Lithuania

[hazzap]

Lithuania will win the 2008 olympics.
A lot of people will disagree but lithuaina has plenty of talent to match it with the dream team and if they play lithuania will walk all over them.

 

[Renegade]

Lithuania will win the 2008 olympics.
A lot of people will disagree but lithuaina has plenty of talent to match it with the dream team and if they play lithuania will walk all over them.

Didn't show too much of that talent when the Boomer r*ped them the other night....what was it...31 points?

 

[eathb]

^ they didn't even need to win that game, and were only playing their 2nd-tier players anyway.

if Kleiza continues his run, then they're good for gold.

 

[MilneyLoves2Snap]

Lithuania are pests and menaces to world basketball, if they do play the us they will lose by 30 - 45

 

[Alex99]

Lithuania will win the 2008 olympics.
A lot of people will disagree but lithuaina has plenty of talent to match it with the dream team and if they play lithuania will walk all over them.

Yep, plenty of talent (and this was not represented when they played Australia) but no and NO.

No they will not match it with the Team USA and no they will not win the Gold medal in men’s basketball. .

 

[wezza]

I thought spain would flog them tonight,but so far so good for Lithuania.

 

[Osmodiar]

Gone. I used to like Lithuania but after reading some comments from Lithuanian fans about saying how good they were and they "weren't trying" against the Boomers I lost all respect for them. I hope they get flogged by the argy's for the bronze and go home empty handed.

 

[justthedukes]

It's amazing that such a small country is always competitive and always in for a solid medal chance. A real credit to their basketball program. Jasikevičius (had to wikepida it) has always been great to watch.

 

[AJ_No.4]

Gone. I used to like Lithuania but after reading some comments from Lithuanian fans about saying how good they were and they "weren't trying" against the Boomers I lost all respect for them. I hope they get flogged by the argy's for the bronze and go home empty handed.

Well you do have ask the question if they were trying against the Boomers... I pretty sure that they tanked...

 

[johnnyhoward]

Wouldn't be surprised if the local mafia there bet on the Boomers in that game, the Lithuanians were odds on favourites to win that one (around the 1.20 mark). They had no incentive to win regardless, which explains their unusually limp performance.

They're usually a pretty solid unit, gold medal chance against the US though? I guess if they can push the Spaniards they are some sort of show, maybe cutting it to a respectable 10-15 point margin or so.

 

[Osmodiar]

good teams dont tank but. If they're so good you dont "not try".. you go out there and "not try" and still win by 30 points like the Americans do.

They've already lost to Spain btw

 

[peternorth]

ok then.

 

[sirlothie]

OP Lithuanian obviously...

About as likely as an Aussie sprinter winning 100m gold in 2012.

 

[mdc]

OP Lithuanian obviously...

About as likely as an Aussie sprinter winning 100m gold in 2012.

They've made the semi-finals in 6 consecutive olympics. Yep, they were no chance at all.

 

[sirlothie]

They've made the semi-finals in 6 consecutive olympics. Yep, they were no chance at all.

None.

 

[smoovy]

They've made the semi-finals in 6 consecutive olympics. Yep, they were no chance at all.

They have only been playing as an independent country since 96 so how do you figure that?

 

[mdc]

They have only been playing as an independent country since 96 so how do you figure that?

Since '92 actually, and the '88 USSR team was basically a Lithuania team.

 

[walking star]

wat was the coaches name for lithunia? tim bolger i think, geez he looked a bit weird