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BC Lietuvos Rytas Tour To Australia -
Photos
Game
One vs Waratah All-Stars
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Jason Strong fights through the
screen from Okunsky to stop the hot hand of Siskauskas. |
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Kiausas takes a drive to
the basket and finishes with an uncontested shot. |
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Okunsky, at 215 cm, attracts the
attention of Jason Strong (no 9), Luke Boyle (no 7) and Mark
Wawszkowicz (obscured) in the low post. |
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Lietuvos Rytas' Olympian
Siskauskas finds a challenger in Jason Strong. |
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Mark Wawszkowicz is guarded out
on the three point line by Javtokas (206cm). |
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The point guard, Croatian import
Krstic, with Luke Boyle guarding. |
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Jason Strong tried to get past
the harrassing defence of Jasaitis, who is part of the Junior
Lithuanian team. |
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Coach Kazlauskas tells his team
what he wants them to do from the side line. |
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Mark Wawszkowicz is given a bit
of breathing space by Macijauskas, who is also part of the
Lithuania Junior team. |
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Goran Veg did well to get this
dunk off with Javtokas (206cm), Ciukinas (209cm), Kiausas
(199cm) and Jasaitis (200cm) in close proximity? |
Game
Two vs Sydney Kings
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Vladimir Krstic is closely
guarded by Chris Williams. |
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Ramunas Siskauskas takes the
three with Matt Nielson watching. |
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Shane Heal with the three pointer
with a hand is his face from Krstic. |
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The two Olympic players,
Siskauskas and Heal, matching up in front of the Kings
bench, with Brian Goorjian in keeping a close eye on things. |
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Chris Williams takes a base line
jumper over Arvydas Macijauskas. |
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Ben Melmeth enforces the paint as
Arturas Javtokas was going for the dunk. |
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Siskauskas coming through in the
clutch hitting another three pointer, this time over Matt
Nielson. |
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Siskauskas taking the hard knocks
inside from Melmeth and a three-point play to bring the scores
close at the end of the game. |
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Andrius Slezas with a three to
tie the scores up with 2 minutes to play. |
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22 year old Macijauskas takes the
step back three over Shane Heal to put Lietuvos Rytas up by 1
point with 15 seconds remaining. |
Game
Three vs Sydney Kings
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A loyal Lietuvos Rytas supporter
comes out to Alexandria Stadium to watch the game. |
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Chris Wiliams gets up for a dunk
early in the game. |
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7 foot 2 Povilas Ciukinas gets
the easy put back. |
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A Kings turnover at halfway gave
Aaron Lucas a high flying dunk, with Kavossy Franklin only
able to watch. |
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After penetrating the lane,
Kavossy Franklin was blocked from the other 7 foot 2
centre, Okunsky. |
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Okunsky grabs a big rebound... |
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...and then finishes with a dunk. |
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Aaron Lucas taking it strong to
the basket, with Michael Kingma challenging, but being called
for the foul. |
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Okunsky makes the tough fade away
jumper over Kingma, while the packed out gym with 1000 people
enjoy the action. |
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There was nothing Gary Boodnikof
or Brian Goorjian could do about stopping Slezas from taking
the three. |
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This might be a regular sight
this year for the Kings. Scores tied with the last Kings
possession of the night, Chris Williams with a sensational
crossover to leave Kiausas standing... |
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...then penetrates the key for
the floater over Okunsky to win the game. |
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