2023-08-22 14:02:50
Jonas Valanciunas. (Photo by Lu Quanhong/) (20230822)
The 2023 World Cup Men’s Basketball Warm-up Match in New Taipei will be held today (22nd). Lithuania, ranked 8th in the FIBA world, will face the European powerhouse Latvia. In the end, it will be led by Jonas Valanciunas, the center “Big V” who plays for the NBA New Orleans Pelicans. Lithuania won the second consecutive warm-up match 93-69. After the game, the big V mentioned that “the team is very smooth on both ends of the offense and defense. Although it is only a warm-up match, it also helped us enter the World Cup.”
In this game, Lithuania was quite smooth on both ends of the offense and defense, especially in the high-intensity defense in the first half, which allowed Latvia to score only 26 points in the first half. In the offensive part, Lithuania scored 61 points with a high shooting rate of 76% in the first half. Although Latvia scored higher than Lithuania in the two quarters of the second half, the large difference in the first half also made them unable to reverse the situation.
After the game, Kazys Maksvytis, the head coach of the Lithuanian national team, mentioned in the summary of the game, “The team’s offense was very smooth, especially in the first half when the defense suppressed the opponent’s score. We scored 12 points in the first quarter and 14 points in the second quarter. The team style of play I want to play, I hope everyone will stay healthy and face the World Cup.”
Jonas Valanciunas. (Photo by Lu Quanhong/) (20230822)
In this game, “Big V” Jonas Valanciunas played 17 minutes and scored a game-high 16 points and 6 rebounds. His dominance of the game made his opponent Latvia pay a lot in defense. The Latvian national team Head coach Luca Banchi believes that “this is a very good opportunity to play against him and improve the strength of his team. He is a very dominant player, and it is the same in the NBA.”
Among the three national teams that came to Taiwan for warm-up matches this time, “Big V” Jonas Valanciunas is the most watched player, and the enthusiasm of Taiwanese fans also made him describe it as “unbelievable”, “From the time we entered the competition venue, When we returned to the hotel where we stayed, there were many fans along the way. We are also very grateful to the fans who showed up and supported us with real actions. We are also very grateful to Taiwan, a beautiful place, for allowing us to bring basketball to more people here. “
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