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Lithuania Upsets Team USA In FIBA World Cup Play

As we suggested in our pre-game comments, Lithuania is a tough team and their size was going to be a problem.

Was it ever: Lithuania beat the US 110-104 and it was nowhere near that close.

The Lithuanians took over early, pulling out to a 33-15 lead just barely into the second quarter.

Jalen Jackson again got into foul trouble, which didn't help, and Lithuania dominated the boards, 43-27.

The loss stings - any US loss in international basketball stings - but it’s not life or death yet. It’s basically for seeding and Team USA has already qualified for the Paris Olympics.