Final fortitude: Lithuania finds a way - ESPN

LILLE, France -- In a brutal contest in which free throws made exceeded 3-pointers converted by a margin of more than 4-to-1, it was inevitable that the vacant berth in Sunday's EuroBasket final would be filled by a team that showed nerves of steel.

Five times previously in these championships, Lithuania had been pushed to the wire and been unable to exhale until the last. Only once, in a shocker to Belgium, had they melted away under the lights. And Friday in Lille, even with Serbia scraping and scrapping until the bitter end, the lean, mean men in green did just enough to keep their grip on victory, a 67-64 win that clinched both a showdown with Spain for the title and a place at the 2016 Olympic Games.

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