Lithuanian Basketball: Star on EC Records & Teamwork

Lithuanians beat Montenegro on Friday in Group B with 94:67 (26:15, 21:13, 19:17, 28:22), reaching a new European Championship record.

The winners in this match made 35 assists, a new European Championship record (this statistics have been collected since 1995).

So far, the record has been 33 assists. It has been owned by former Yugoslavia since 2001, reaching a record in the European Championship this year against Estonia.

Before that, on Wednesday, Lithuania beat Britain’s national team with 94:70 (23:15, 18:18, 24:17, 29:20), reaching a new record in rebounds.

In the first game of EuroBasket 2025, Lithuanian basketball players won 57 rebounds, a new European Championship record (since 1995).

So far, the record was held by Russian basketball players, who won 54 rebounds in the European Championship match against Finland in 1995.

“Again?” After the second European Championship record was beaten, the Lithuanian national team center Jon Valanchun was surprised, who has been playing in the NBA for years.

“That’s great. We play united to win. We have no egoist, no one is trying to play individually,” said Valanchun.

After two EC games, the 33 -year -old is Lithuania’s top scorer with an average of 18.5 points per game. He also won 7.0 rebounds.

Valanchun has spent 17.2 minutes on the field in two matches, which is only the sixth biggest game time in the Lithuanian national team.