Basketball players from Bosnia and Herzegovina left Vilnius with their heads down.
Due to the thinned-out Lithuanian national team roster and Rimas Kurtinaitis’ men’s painful loss to Turkey over the weekend, the Bosnians had become the favorites among bettors, but ultimately on Monday Lithuania celebrated a 78:73 victory.
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This win left a gap for Lithuania in the fight to qualify for the 2027 World Championship, although the situation in Group J remains complicated. For the Bosnians, it is even more difficult.
“Bosnia and Herzegovina players defeated in Lithuania, we are far from qualifying for the World Championship,” announced the klix.ba headline.
Another Bosnian portal avaz.ba also noted the same, praising the top scorer of the game Ąžuolas Tubelis (23 points).
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“The Lithuanians on Tubelis’ wings defeated the ‘Dragons’ and reduced their chances of going to the World Championship,” emphasized Avaz.
Refereeing criticized
The most popular portals in Bosnia and Herzegovina described the course of the game in Vilnius in detail, only highlighting different accents at the crucial moment of the match.
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