Kleiza’s 30 lift Lithuania into quarters
September 7, 2010
ISTANBUL (AP)—Linas Kleiza(notes) scored 30 points Tuesday to help send Lithuaniainto the quarterfinals of the basketball world championship with a 78-67 winover China.
China jumped out to a 16-5 lead, but Lithuania used a 16-2 run in the secondquarter to go ahead 36-31 with 3:20 left.
A 16-3 run then put Lithuania up 64-51 entering the fourth quarter. Chinacame within 67-62 with 5:10 left, but Kleiza scored 10 unanswered points to putthe game away.
Liu Wei scored 21 points for China, while Yi Jianlian(notes) of the WashingtonWizards added 11 points and 12 rebounds.
Lithuania was one of three teams that went undefeated through the fivepreliminary round games. China was the only team to advance with just one win.
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