By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
After a record-breaking 57 rebounds and a convincing 94–70 win over Great Britain, Lithuania cruised to another victory at EuroBasket 2025, with the Denver Nuggets center needing just 13 minutes to dominate.
Jonas Valančiūnas scored 19 points and grabbed five rebounds, and didn’t even return to the court after halftime.
Another great performance from NBA center, who posted 18 points and nine rebounds in the opener against Great Britan – in around 21 minutes.
Against Montenegro and fellow NBA center, Nikola Vučević, Jonas dominated from the start, shooting 8/9 on two-pointers and 3/4 from beyond the arc.
“He is, like Rokas, a hero in Lithuania. To be a hero, you must achieve something in life, and they both have — one is young, the other older — but both have given a lot for Lithuania, and right now they are everything for Lithuanian basketball,” Lithuanian head coach Rimas Kurtinaitis said about Valanciunas and Rokas Jokubaitis at the postgame press conference.
Coach Kurtinaitis decided to give Jonas a rest at halftime, since Lithuania was in control, and Jokubaitis finished the job, recording a double-double with 21 points and 12 assists, leading his team to victory.
In the end, Lithuania managed to break another EuroBasket recored with amazing 35 assists in their second win in Tampere.