Neal Maloney | The Lithuania Tribune At the very end of the Raptors’ Tuesday game victory over the Chicago Bulls, Lithuanian rookie Jonas Valančiūnas went down hard and was seen grabbing his neck and writhing in pain. All the many Lithuanian fans in the crowd, …
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Jonas Valančiūnas, who is currently playing for Toronto’s ‘Raptors’, suffered a neck injury during an NBA game and was taken to hospital, writes www.delfi.lt. The game between Toronto’s ‘Raptors’ and Chicago’s ‘Bulls’ ended with Canadian’s celebrating victory over the score of 101:98. During the last …
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Neal Maloney | The Lithuania Tribune The 20 year-old NBA rookie from Lithuania, Jonas Valančiūnas set a new career-high of 24 points in his Toronto Raptor’s victory over the Washington Wizards 88-77. His previous high was 22 points against the San Antonio Spurs early in …
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Neal Malone | The Lithuania Tribune The basketball tournament will take place Saturday, 30 March, 2013, from 10 am till 6 pm at the Columbia Heights Education Campus located at 3101 116th St. NW Washington, DC 20010. It brings together some of the best North …
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The Turkish Airlines Euroleague’s independent disciplinary judge has slapped Zalgiris Kaunas with a fine of EUR 25,000 for the attack by Zalgiris Kaunas fans twin brothers Nauris and Normunds Macius against the player of Real Madrid, Rudy Fernandez, after the Game10 of the Turkish Airlines …
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The Real Story Behind the Image – Creator of Iconic Skeleton explains its meaning & embraces Lithuanian basketball culture. The basketball documentary The Other Dream Team, directed and produced by Marius Markevicius and Jon Weinbach, is a sports and political documentary about the national Lithuanian …
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Neal Maloney | The Lithuania Tribune Donatas Motiejunas(D-Mo), set a new career-high tonight, scoring 19 points in 28 minutes on the floor. D-Mo for the first time ever led his team in scoring, even edging out superstar James Harden, who only had 18 points . …
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Two drunk basketball fans were taken to custody for attacking Real Madrid player Rudy Fernandez after an Euroleague match with Zalgiris Kaunas in Lithuania on Thursday evening, Kaunas police has said. According to the press release, Nauris Macius, one of the twin brothers who were …
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Over the past few NBA games the Lithuanian power-forward Donatas Motiejunas (D-Mo), has been in the starter’s role for his Houston Rocket’s team while Jonas Valanciunas (JV) has been coming in off the bench. This is a reversal of sorts. For most of the season, …
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Sakalai was beaten by Siauliai 74:92. It was a very good performance for Saulius Kuzminskas (210-C/F-82, college: California) who helped to win the game recording 17 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, reports Eurobasket News. Rolandas Alijevas (192-G-85, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) contributed with 20 points and 7 rebounds for the winners. Aivaras …
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