The Medals

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WOW that was my reaction to the result of the final. I guess pressure killed Spain. I am not underestimating Russia but I think a few would argue who has a better team. David Blatt can now be considered as one of the best if not the best coach in Europe. He did wonders with this Russia team. I am speechless.

It's better to finish the competition as a winner rather than a loser so from this point of view I am happy with the bronze. We made to the 5th straight Olympics which shows that we are constantly among worlds elite. I can't think of another European team that participated in all these Olympics since 1992 Barcelona since Serbia will miss Beijing. I am not sure about Spain though, did they miss any of Olympics.

Also the welcoming ceremony of Lithuania NT was great. It was as if we won gold. thousands of people gathered to welcome bronze medalists in midnight. Scroll down and watch a video below [url="http://http"]this article[/url]. Especially if you want to hear Šaras singing

I think the system is horrible, a disgrace. It's the reason why we are not in the final. With all due respect to Russia this is why we lost to them," Jasikevicius said.

"We won all our games in the group stage and our reward was to play a team who finished fourth, Croatia, who had a day more rest. The same when we played Russia in the semis, we had 20 hours they had two days.

"We had a better chance of beating them with more preparation. We earned it."