Brown carries Spain past Lithuania in OT thriller

Lorenzo Brown scored 28 points including 10 in the overtime to lead Spain to a 102-94 victory over Lithuania and to the quarter-finals of EuroBasket. Lithuania was leading by single digits most of the game to eventually lose.

Willy Hernangomez added 21 points while his brother Juancho and Rudy Fernandez added 13. With 19 seconds to go in the overtime, Willy Hernangomez converted on a 3-point play to give Spain a 6-point lead (100-94).

Prior to that, Ignas Brazdeikis made a tip-in basket in the last second of the fourth quarter to tie the game (83-83) and send the contest to OT. Lithuania got 18 points by Mindaugas Kuzminskas, while Ignas Brazdeikis had 17.

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Brazdeikis hit a crucial 3-pointer to get Lithuania back within 1 point deficit (95-94) with 1:12 remaining in overtime. In overtime, Spain was carried by Lorenzo Brown, who gave Spain a 7-point lead (95-88) with 3-pointer with 1:57 to go.

Lithuania closed the first half with a five-point lead (45-40) and managed to get an 11-point advantage (58-47) at the start of the second half.  Spain trailed again by five (68-63) at the end of the third period as Lithuania seemed to control the game.

However, everything changed in the last period. Lorenzo Brown reduced the deficit to just 1 point (75-74) with 3:42 remaining. Xabi Lopez-Arostegui gave Spain their first lead (80-78) with a tough fadeaway two-point jump shot with 1:42 to go.

Ignas Brazdeikis with a three gave Lithuania the lead back (81-80) and Usman Garumba with a tip-in gave the Spaniards an 82-81 advantage with 16 seconds left. Lithuania had possession, but Sabonis got called for an offensive foul.

Willy Hernangomez made one of two free throws (83-81), but Brazdeikis saved a bad Jokubaitis three point shot to tip in the ball and force the OT. However, Spain prevailed in the overtime and reached the final 8 of the tournament

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