Take Lithuania @ 1.55. Very good odds as Lithuania hasnt lost to Latvia in like forever. Sure, Latvia is hosting preliminary round and is hyped after victory over Belgium ( which played poorly, especially their naturalized players), while Lithuania secured a 1 point victory over Ukraine. All in all, Latvia relies heavily on 3pt shooting which is always a liability, Lithuania's quality of play/-ers will prevail, especially because many of LTU fans will be present at the game. ( Lithuania is bordering Latvia). Good parlay material.
I wonder how latvia will respond today vs the CR -a different kind of team that goes defense to offense rather than beat 'em up ball. ltu broke their spirit yesterday, but today is new...
And so it is... tomorrow. Bargnani has the edge in experience, Valanciunas has the edge in physicality. Elsewhere Maciulis goes against Gallinari, Seibutis goes against Belinelli.
Ltu have the clear advantage at pg (the itallians don't have one). I think they'll win a muck-it-up game here with Valanciunas bouncing back strong.