Nigeria’s male basketball team D’Tigers’ lost their second game of the ongoing Rio 2016 Olympics 89-80 to world No.3 Lithuania Tuesday night, which put the chances of making it to the quarter-finals a doubt.
D’Tigers lost their opening match to Argentina, but started brilliantly in the first few minutes of the game against the Lithuanians before the situation went out of hand. Captain of the team, Ike Diogu recorded 11 points, with many brilliant points leading Nigeria to 41-36 at half-time. But Lithuania bounced back to reckoning with 16 clear points to lead 65-54.All things being equal, Lithuania’s experience and quality made the difference, as they took most points towards the last minutes of the game; which finally gave them the much anticipated win. Meanwhile, Nigeria’s D’Tigers face Spain in their next game on Thursday.
