{"id":457884,"date":"2025-09-01T21:40:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T19:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=457884"},"modified":"2025-09-01T21:40:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T19:40:02","slug":"lithuania-edge-finland-81-78-to-hand-hosts-first-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/lithuania-edge-finland-81-78-to-hand-hosts-first-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania edge Finland 81-78 to hand hosts first loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"request-68b350f0-5288-8332-b29d-339898268dab-7\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-22\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"2f9655fa-138a-436e-8d9f-be88e4b5c343\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"1213\" data-end=\"1449\">In Tampere, Lithuania handed Finland their first defeat of EuroBasket 2025 with an 81-78 victory, pulling level in the Group B standings at 3-1. The key was holding Lauri Markkanen under 20 points for the first time in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1451\" data-end=\"1739\">Rokas Jokubaitis led the way with 16 points and 9 assists, while Azuolas Tubelis contributed a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Marek Blazevic added 14 points and 8 boards, and Ignas Sargiunas chipped in 10. Jonas Valanciunas had 8 points and 5 rebounds in limited minutes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1741\" data-end=\"1961\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">For Finland, Markkanen still put up 19 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists, supported by Mikael Jantunen with 19 and 8, and Elias Valtonen with 10. 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