 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Lithuania yakapihwa kodzero yekuronga EuroBasket 1939. Mukuwedzera, Kaunas Sports Hall, nhandare yokutanga yebhasikiti yakatsaurirwa muEurope, yakavakwa. Mumakwikwi aya, chikwata chemaLithuanian American, pamwe nevatambi vashanu vakazvarwa muAmerica: Feliksas Kriaučiūnas Chicago, Juozas Jurgėla Chicago, Vytautas Budriūnas Waukegan, Mykolas Ruzgys naPranas Lubinas Glendale. Somugumisiro, kwaiva nokuratidzira kwakati kubva kune dzimwe nyika. Lubinas, uyo aive mutambi-murairidzi akasarudzwa, akatungamira Lithuania kumutambo wechipiri wekondinendi, akatopfura bhero-murwi mumutambo wekusarudza neLatvia, iyo yakatsigira kukunda 37-36. 