The arena in Great Britain was already beginning to settle, as the home crowd cheered on what looked like a secured win for the FIBA World Cup qualifiers against Lithuania. The Lithuanian team trailed by 7 in the final 10 seconds, with desperation hanging in the air, but everything changed in a handful of moments.

Lithuanian guard Ignas Sargiunas took charge of the moment, and with the score at 87-80, buried a deep three with seconds remaining. Moments later, after Britain made one free throw to go up by five, Sargiunas ripped the net with another three, forcing Britain to call a time-out to advance the ball.

As the ball was inbounded, it bounced off one of the British players’ hands, with Sargiunas running it up the court, heaving a 40-footer to take the lead as time expired. The crowd

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