Lithuania faced numerous difficulties during the team-building process and had to rely on personal funding to participate in this Olympic Games due to national bankruptcy.
Because of this, the Lithuanian team has a very strong desire to win. Apart from basketball, Lithuania has no other prominent sports, and the basketball team carries the sports dreams of this newly independent country.
Especially Sabonis, his status in Lithuania is akin to Gan Guoyang's status in China.
In 1990, he represented the Soviet Union for the last time at the World Championships and was widely criticized by Lithuanians.
Now he can finally represent Lithuania, and he is naturally very proactive, wanting to earn honor for his country.
Lithuania started off trailing 0:5, and soon after, Gan Guoyang blocked Jomicki's floater under the basket.
