31 August:
Battling Great Britain sunk by Euro hosts Lithuania

Great Britain began their Eurobasket campaign with an 80-69 defeat to hosts Lithuania in Panevezys. 

In front of a crowd of 7,000, GB gained the respect of their hosts with a resilient performance that threatened an upset in the third quarter. 

Luol Deng scored 25 points for GB and Dan Clark added 15 in his best performance of the summer. 

After slipping behind, Lithuania proved too strong and experienced for GB, closing out the game with a 20-6 run.
Coach Chris Finch's team started the game with confident threes from Deng and Reinking and held a 16-10 lead before a Ksistof Lavrinovic three-pointer at the end of the first quarter gave the hosts the lead.
Lavrinovic hit two more in the second quarter as Lithuania began to hit their stride, opening a 10-point lead. GB's frustration in the second quarter boiled over into a technical foul for Finch, but the players showed little sign of losing their cool. 

But the third quarter was all GB - they held Lithuania scoreless for almost six minutes after Songaila opened the scoring and Deng, Freeland and Clark combined for a 10-0 run. The lead came on the last minute of the third quarter as the hard-working Freeland swooped to the basket. 

Down 57-54 at the end of the third quarter, Lithuania took back the lead immediately at the start of the fourth and when Simas Jasaitis hit a three with 6:27 left to play, Lithuania took a lead that they never lost. 

Read more at BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/basketball/14740720.stm