While the United States continues to wrestle with maniacs trying to re-fight the Civil War, the Baltic states were getting ready to fight their own brother’s war. That’s right, folks: Latvia vs. Lithuania, the world’s greatest rivalry. The two men’s basketball teams did battle Saturday night in the Latvian capital of Riga. For a pair of New York Knicks, Kristaps Porzingis and Mindaugas Kuzminskas, the game was even more personal.
“Braliukas” is slang for “speakers of the Baltic languages.” The more you know....
Latvia took full advantage of a raucous Rigan crowd, besting a more highly-rated Lithuanian squad by the score of 87-77.