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Macedonia are by far the weakest team in Group B, Lithuania the best one. There shouldn't be any uncertainty when it comes to score today, which should result in a less nervous game. Macedonia suffered a heavy defeat in Lithuania in the first round. They lost by 42 points and they allowed 108. It was a run'n'gun game on both ends as Lithuania had 70 field goal attempts and 36 free-throws while Macedonia had 73 shots. Not only did they lose all 3 games by at least 25 goals, they allow an average of 93.3 points per game, the highest average in this competition. And as much as Macedonia are the weakest team in defense, Lithuania are definitely the best. The score an average of 88.7 points, 9 more than the second-placed Ukraine. On Sunday, Lithuanian scored 81 points against the defensively oriented Brits and played a 142-point game. Against a defensively sound Latvia, they played a 150-point game, 144 against Belgium, and all these teams are so far ahead of Macedonia which has a non-existent defense as they have allowed 108, 78 and 94 points in the three rounds so far.