 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure memakore makumi manomwe nemaviri, Lithuania yakabata zvakare EuroBasket muna 72. Chikwata chenyika chakanga chiri pasi pekumanikidzwa kwakanyanya zvichipiwa zvose zviri zviviri zvinotarisirwa sevagamuchiri uye kuita kunoshamisa paWorld Championship gore rakapfuura. Chikwata chakaedza kubatanidza tarisiro yeramangwana uye nyeredzi dzekare, asi mukati memwedzi inotungamira, vakarasikirwa nevatambi vaviri vekutanga, Linas Kleiza naJonas Mačiulis, nekuda kwekukuvara kwemabvi. Munguva yeEuroBasket, Marijonas Petravičius akaonekwa aine pulmonary embolism mushure memitambo mitatu yakatambwa. Petravičius haana kungorasikirwa nemamwe makwikwi ose, asi chirwere chacho chakaratidza kuguma kwebasa rake roumhizha. 