 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kunyangwe paine zvipingamupinyi zvemutauro, Marčiulionis aive mutambi akazvipira, uye achishanda munharaunda dzaakatamba. Muna 1987, akabatsira mumwe murume wokuPanevėžys kuwana vharuvhu yomwoyo yokuisira mwanakomana wake, kupfurikidza nokunyengetera kuna Donnie Nelson, uyo akaronga kuvhiyiwa kwomwana ari kuyaruka muUnited States. Pashure pokudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaitika muSan Francisco muna 1989, Marčiulionis akaonekwa panzvimbo yekuputika kwechitima, akapfeka hembe yake yeWarriors yekudziya, uye akabatsira nekubvisa vafambi vakadzikira uye kupa rubatsiro rwekutanga. 