- 1 8 ▁and ▁Under - 2 0 ▁junior ▁national ▁teams . ▁He ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁senior ▁Lat v ian ▁national ▁basketball ▁team . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁leading ▁sc orer ▁of ▁the ▁senior ▁Lat v ian ▁national ▁team , ▁aver aging ▁ 1 3 . 3 ▁points , ▁to ▁go ▁along ▁with ▁ 3 . 4 ▁reb ounds ▁per ▁game , ▁in ▁eight ▁games ▁played . ▁In ▁his ▁best ▁game ▁against ▁Israel , ▁on ▁August ▁ 8 , ▁he ▁made ▁seven ▁three - pointer s , ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁all - time ▁Lat v ian ▁national ▁team ▁record ▁in ▁official ▁games . ▁The ▁previous ▁record ▁was ▁six ▁three - pointer s ▁made ▁in ▁one ▁game , ▁held ▁by ▁three ▁different ▁players ▁( S andis ▁Val ters , ▁U vis ▁Hel man is ▁and ▁Ain ars ▁Bag at sk is ). ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁Euro B asket ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁he ▁was ▁also ▁team ' s ▁leading ▁sc orer , ▁aver aging ▁ 1 6 ▁points ▁a ▁game . ▁In ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁he ▁helped ▁Lat via ▁to ▁qual ify ▁for ▁the ▁Euro B asket ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁scoring ▁ 1 2 . 1 ▁points ▁per ▁game . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁R ih ards ▁Ku ks iks ▁at ▁esp n . com ▁ ▁R ih ards ▁Ku ks iks ▁at ▁euro b asket . com ▁ ▁R