Final six confirmed in BBL
JELGAVA, Latvia — The final six teams have been found for this year’s Baltic Basketball League playoffs. On account of finishing first and second following regular season, Lithuanian powerhouses...
View ArticleMinor semifinals go to deciding games
RIGA — Both of the BBL minor league semifinals are set for exciting games this week to cap off their best-of-three series. As predicted Ventspils were strong at home in their first leg against VEF...
View ArticleBBL semifinalists confirmed
VENTSPILS, Latvia — Tough luck, Estonia. Šiauliai and Ventspils will join Lietuvos Rytas and Žalgiris at the semifinal stage of the 09/10 Baltic Basketball League playoffs. Neither Rock nor VEF Riga...
View ArticleŽalgiris are BBL champions
VILNIUS — Žalgiris broke Lietuvos Rytas’ hold on the Baltic Basketball League Cup, upset their hosts in a surprise win 73-66 in Saturday’s final. Žalgiris qualified for the final by beating Ventspils...
View ArticleLietuvos Rytas claim revenge, win LKL final
VILNIUS — Lietuvos Rytas have finally got one up on their arch rivals Žalgiris, defeating them in the final of the Lithuanian championship Monday. To date it had been Žalgiris’ season, although it was...
View ArticleLietuvos Rytas hires Croatian as new coach
VILNIUS — Lithuania’s top basketball squad Lietuvos Rytas hired a new coach Monday, Drazen Anzulovic of Croatia, to replace outgoing coach Rimas Kurtinaitis. Although Kurtinaitis had a good record...
View ArticleLithuania tops U-18 Euro basketball
VILNIUS — The Baltic states made a fine showing in the 2010 FIBA U18 European Championship, with an undefeated Lithuanian team making their Russian counterparts look like little boys in Vilnius on...
View ArticleLatvia not impressing in Eurobasket thus far
RIGA — The Latvian national basketball team has come up short in two of its first three games of Eurobasket 2011 qualifying round, getting hammered 110-88 by Israel on Sunday and losing to Montenegro...
View ArticleLithuania falls to U.S. in exhibition
MADRID, Spain — After performing poorly in the first quarter, the U.S. national basketball team put up a resounding comeback against their Lithuanian counterparts, pulling ahead to defeat the Baltic...
View ArticleLithuania pulls off two wins in Turkey
IZMIR, Turkey — Lithuania’s national basketball team has two victories under its belt thus far in the 2010 FIBA World Championship, making quick work of New Zealand on Saturday and edging by Canada on...
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