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Lithuania in crisis: 13 players boycott before Serbia qualifier

Lithuania's basketball federation announced that coach Rimas Kurtinaitis has stepped down after two years, with the country's top players boycotting national-team duty over the federation's situation. Kurtinaitis could not count on 13 players.

What it means

• Top Lithuanian players are boycotting the national team over the federation's situation
• Kurtinaitis could not call on 13 players and has now resigned
• Lithuania host Serbia in Klaipeda on 26 November; a new coach will only be named after the federation presidential election in late October/early November

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A major blow for Lithuania: with 13 players unavailable through boycott and no head coach in place, they will field a severely depleted side against Serbia, handing the visitors a clear edge.

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