Bojan Bogdanovic expected Wednesday's friendly vs. Lithuania to be a tough game, friendly or not. As the Nets swingman said, Lithuania was a "candidate for the podium" in Eurobasket, meaning a team capable of winning it all.
Instead, Croatia crushed Lithuania, running a defensive clinic in the first half, allowing the perennial European power to only nine points in each of the first two quarters and spending most of the game up by 20 or more points. In the boxscore, the margin was only 13, 72-59, but it was never close. Croatia in fact dominated the four team Huawei friendly tournament.