Kobe Bryant helps U.S. defeat Lithuania, 120-84
Published 8/2/2008 at L.A. Times - Basketball
Lakers star locks down sharpshooter Sarunas Jasikevicius four years after he and Lithuania stunned the U.S. in Athens.
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MACAO -- Moving up in class, even if it was hard to tell, the U.S. men's basketball team played its best opponent and turned in its most impressive performance.
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