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Lithuania vs Argentina is another interesting game for the Group A of the tournament this time.Except Iran all other teams will fight for the four first places.Lithuania and Argentina are the favourites here but not so heavy ones.Russia is always dangerous but it does not appear so strong this year,of course an official competition differs from a friendly one,Australia is always a tough team to beat and Croatia showed at the pre-Olympic tournament that it could be the surprise of the Olympics.

Argentina will play without Pepe Sanchez after many years,Ginobili seems totally ready after his injury but i think we have to wait until the last minute to see if he is capable to play for 30 minutes or more.Lithuania on the other hand will miss Arvydas Macijauskas for one more time,Zydrunas Ilgauskas who did not get permission from the Cavaliers to reinforce the team of his country and Songaila who got injured lately.

The two teams met each other before some days in a friendly game and Lithuania beat Argentina very easily by 19 points.The margin here could be even bigger.Friendly matches do not always show the real level of a team but here i think the slight favourite is Lithuania.The main advantage of the Baltic team is the fact that there are more than 5-6 players capable to create serious problems to the opponents.Argentina on the other hand is based on five NBA stars,Ginobili,Scola,Nocioni,Delfino,Oberto and a great PG Pablo Prigioni who's playing for Tau.Kristof Lavrinovic is a player that i think the Argentinians will have problem to defend against and he can also score with great stats outside the paint.Saras against Prigioni is an interesting match-up.Jasaitis with his great shooting skills is always a basic weapon of the Lithuanian team despite the fact that he had not a very good season.

The Lithuanians totally outrebounded their opponents(44-23)in their friendly match and despite the character of the game this a basic point that made me to back the Europeans here.Another one is that the Lithuanians play slightly better defense that their opponents.If Scola and Ginobili do not make a great game i think we will see a green win here.

Pick : Lithuania +3
Odds : 1.93
Stake : 8 / 10
Bookmaker : Pinnacle
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Date : 2008-08-10
Match Result : 79-75
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