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The Lithuanian coach didn't say Belgium are a tricky opponent without a good reason. Strong Lithuania struggled in Belgium on Wednesday. The home team were in the game for a long time but one could see they lacked experience to keep up with the stronger opponents. They lost the match against the Brits in the last period in the first round, but they left a good impression in both games and they said they were happy and confident. Apart from two solid performances, they beat the Italians in a friendly by 76-51 and the Ukrainians by 81-76. The Macedonians, on the other hand, first suffered a major defeat against the Lithuanians by -42 points and then at home against the British by -25. They have huge ups and downs in their performances and they rely on their American player Givens, who cannot carry the whole team. The problem is that the British play a similar game like the Belgians, which means lots of aggression in defense which gives them easy points in offense. The Macedonians haven't shown too many improvements since last qualifications despite the effort from Givens.