TEL AVIV (FIBA EuroBasket 2017) - Adas Juskevicius came off the bench to score a team-high 20 points as Lithuania handed Italy their first loss at FIBA EuroBasket 2017, 78-73 in Group B in Tel Aviv.

Lithuania came back from a 10-point first quarter deficit and never rendered the lead after the second quarter to improve to 2-1 in the group. Jonas Valanciunas collected 13 points and 8 rebounds and Mindaugas Kuzminskas scored 14 points for Lithuania. Italy, who dropped their first game and are now 2-1, were paced by 24 points from Luigi Datome.

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