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Before the match, our team sent a message to R. Jokubaitis, who suffered a devastating injury - the team leader will be out of basketball for at least six months due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

"Stay strong, Rokai," was the inscription that adorned the Lithuanian national team's warm-up jerseys.

Rimas Kurtinaitis's team defeated Great Britain (94:70), Montenegro (94:67), Finland (81:78) in the matches held in Tampere, but fell to world champion Germany (88:107). Sweden, in turn, recorded its only victory against the British (78:59), and in the other matches they fell – 90:93 against Finland, 83:105 against Germany and 81:87 against Montenegro.

Both teams have already secured a place in the round of 16 – The match does not decide anything for Sweden, as they will not move from fourth place in Group B. In turn, the Lithuanians would secure second place and a round of 16 with Latvia, instead of Turkey or Serbia, with a victory. In case of defeat and Finland's victory over Germany, our team would fall to third position.

The Swedish national team's top scorer is NBA player Pelle Larsson, who plays for the Miami Heat. The defender is averaging 20.3 points per game at the European Championship. Ludvig Hakanson, who developed in the Barcelona system and plays in the Spanish top league, is adding 12.8 points per game.

The most valuable member of the opposing team is midfielder Simonas Birganderis, who scores 10.3 points, has 8 rebounds, makes 4 assists and collects 16.7 efficiency points.

Lithuania will be without its most productive and useful player, R. Jokubaitis, in this match, who suffered an unfortunate injury in the decisive half of the fourth Group B match against Finland on Saturday.