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Game
FIBA Basketball World Cup
Latvia 98
1 2 3 4
Latvia 28 21 28 21
Lithuania 20 18 9 16
63 Lithuania
  10'

2023-09-09 12:30 /
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Latvia Latvia
Arturs Kurucs
Arturs Kurucs 		Points 20
Accuracy 6-10
60  %
Rebounds 4
Assists 2
Steals 1
Efficiency 23
Lithuania Lithuania
15 Points Jonas Valančiūnas
Jonas Valančiūnas
6-9
67  % 		Accuracy
8 Rebounds
0 Assists
0 Steals
20 Efficiency
Latvia
Lithuania
51%
35/69
Field goals
35%
24/69
45
Rebounds
39
34
Assists
11
4
Steals
1
51%
19/37
2-pointers
44%
19/43
4
Blocks
3
News
World Cup standout Arturs Zagars is looking for a job, whether it's EuroLeague or NBA
2023-09-09
A Filipino family with two kids joyfully chanted, "Latvia! Latvia!" after Latvia secured a convincing victory over Lithuania to clinch fifth place in the World Cup. This heartwarming moment beautifully illustrated how Latvia's impressive performance in this World Cup had gained global recognition. Latvia managed to reach the Top 5 in their first-ever FIBA World Cup.
Mindaugas Kuzminskas: 'The Latvians came here to fight and we came to look'
2023-09-09
Mindaugas Kuzminskas called the performance of the Lithuanian national team in the match against Latvia 'shameful', but was pleased that the squad was unusually united in the latest version of the FIBA World Cup. Kuzminskas, who went scoreless in 17 minutes in Lithuania's blowout (63-98) loss to Latvia, did not look for excuses after the match.
Zagars' record-breaking assist tally caps Latvia's historic World Cup finish
2023-09-09
Entering the court of the Mall of Asia arena to play the game that would decide which team would clinch 5th place in the 2023 World Cup, Latvia and Lithuania looked like two teams with different levels of motivation. 
Games
Games
Best players
Arturs Kurucs
Arturs Kurucs
20 PTS
6/10 FG
2/2 FT
Rokas Jokubaitis
Rokas Jokubaitis
16 PTS
6/15 FG
3/5 FT
Latvia
Few players
6 REB
Tadas Sedekerskis
Tadas Sedekerskis
10 REB
7 DREB
3 OREB
Arturs Zagars
Arturs Zagars
17 As
0 TO
26 MIN
Ignas Brazdeikis
Ignas Brazdeikis
3 As
0 TO
16 MIN
Arturs Kurucs
Arturs Kurucs
23 EFF
- 2P%
60% 3P%
Jonas Valančiūnas
Jonas Valančiūnas
20 EFF
86% 2P%
0% 3P%
Latvia
NO MIN FGM-A 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB D-O REB AS ST TO BS PF PTS +/- EFF
00 Rodions Kurucs 15:41 5-6
83% 		4-5
80% 		1-1
100% 		0-0
0% 		5-1 6 4 1 0 0 3 11 31 21
11 Rolands Smits 23:12 6-7
86% 		3-3
100% 		3-4
75% 		2-5
40% 		6-0 6 2 0 0 0 0 17 29 21
18 Klavs Cavars 12:56 4-5
80% 		4-5
80% 		0-0
-% 		0-1
0% 		3-2 5 0 0 0 1 2 8 8 12
47 Arturs Kurucs 22:10 6-10
60% 		0-0
-% 		6-10
60% 		2-2
100% 		4-0 4 2 1 0 0 2 20 29 23
55 Arturs Zagars 26:19 0-7
0% 		0-5
0% 		0-2
0% 		4-6
67% 		6-0 6 17 1 0 0 1 4 34 19
8 Davis Bertans 24:36 2-5
40% 		1-1
100% 		1-4
25% 		0-0
0% 		6-0 6 1 0 0 1 1 5 6 10
12 Arturs Strautins 17:05 3-7
43% 		3-5
60% 		0-2
0% 		2-2
100% 		5-0 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 9 9
21 Aigars Skele 17:51 1-4
25% 		0-2
0% 		1-2
50% 		0-0
0% 		0-0 0 5 0 1 0 0 3 6 4
24 Andrejs Grazulis 15:09 4-7
57% 		2-5
40% 		2-2
100% 		2-2
100% 		0-0 0 1 1 1 2 5 12 22 12
32 Anzejs Pasecniks 11:15 2-6
33% 		2-5
40% 		0-1
0% 		0-0
0% 		1-1 2 0 0 1 0 2 4 -1 1
66 Kristers Zoriks 13:46 2-5
40% 		0-1
0% 		2-4
50% 		0-0
0% 		1-1 2 2 0 0 0 2 6 2 7
200 35-69
51% 		19-37
51% 		16-32
50% 		12-18
67% 		38-7 45 34 4 3 4 18 98 142

Head Coach:

Luca Banchi

Lithuania
NO MIN FGM-A 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB D-O REB AS ST TO BS PF PTS +/- EFF
8 Tadas Sedekerskis 29:54 1-6
17% 		1-6
17% 		0-0
-% 		0-0
0% 		7-3 10 1 0 0 1 1 2 -29 9
9 Ignas Brazdeikis 16:07 1-7
14% 		1-4
25% 		0-3
0% 		3-4
75% 		3-0 3 3 0 0 0 1 5 -10 4
13 Rokas Jokubaitis 30:24 6-15
40% 		5-11
45% 		1-4
25% 		3-5
60% 		2-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 16 -34 8
17 Jonas Valančiūnas 20:48 6-9
67% 		6-7
86% 		0-2
0% 		3-4
75% 		4-4 8 0 0 0 1 2 15 -18 20
33 Tomas Dimša 23:47 5-8
63% 		3-4
75% 		2-4
50% 		1-3
33% 		1-1 2 2 0 2 0 3 13 -23 10
2 Margiris Normantas 22:45 1-7
14% 		1-2
50% 		0-5
0% 		0-0
0% 		1-0 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 -13 -4
12 Gabrielius Maldūnas 5:33 0-1
0% 		0-1
0% 		0-0
-% 		0-0
0% 		2-2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 -7 4
19 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 16:50 0-4
0% 		0-3
0% 		0-1
0% 		0-0
0% 		4-0 4 1 0 1 1 2 0 -17 1
20 Donatas Motiejūnas 13:39 2-5
40% 		2-4
50% 		0-1
0% 		0-4
0% 		2-1 3 0 0 2 0 2 4 -10 -2
91 Deividas Sirvydis 20:13 2-7
29% 		0-1
0% 		2-6
33% 		0-0
0% 		1-0 1 2 1 0 0 2 6 -14 5
200 24-69
35% 		19-43
44% 		5-26
19% 		10-20
50% 		28-11 39 11 1 6 3 18 63 56

Head Coach:

Kazys Maksvytis

Teams
FGM-A 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB D-O REB AS ST TO BS PF PTS EFF
Latvia 35-69
51% 		19-37
51% 		16-32
50% 		12-18
67% 		38-7 45 34 4 3 4 18 98 142
Lithuania 24-69
35% 		19-43
44% 		5-26
19% 		10-20
50% 		28-11 39 11 1 6 3 18 63 56
Best players
Player of the Game
Arturs Kurucs
EFF
23
Arturs Kurucs
Points 20
Accuracy 6-10
Rebounds 4
Assists 2