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Another Valanciunas update: Just had one of the most impressive shifts I've seen in his young career. With Lithuania playing a game that they need to win to qualify for the next round, they put Valanciunas in with about six minutes to go and the game tied. Up to that point, Valanciunas had struggled with just 6 points and 0 rebounds, as Nowitzki and Kaman had played pretty much the whole game for Germany and for the most part dominated the paint.
Over the next five minutes, Jonas goes off for 9 pts, 4 rebounds (3 offensive), a block on Nowitzki, a key foul drawn on Kaman, and leaves the game with Lithuania holding a 7 point lead with 40 seconds left. Pretty much got everything he wanted and won the game against a couple excellent NBA big men. Granted they were exhausted and he was very fresh playing less than 20 minutes, but still impressive.