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MasterCard Survey: Basketball for a Long Time to Be the Most Popular Sport in Lithuania Vilnius, 23 April 2010 – According to a survey commissioned by MasterCard, title sponsor of the MasterCard Baltic Basketball League (BBL), basketball can be expected to remain the leading sports in Lithuania for many more years. 60 percent of young Lithuanians under the age of 25 say they are most interested in basketball, with 56 percent of the population between 26 and 35 years and 53 percent of the overall population sharing the same view. Following in the second place – with a huge margin - is football, ahead of figure skating and athletics.

Zalgiris will play for gold Zalgiris Kaunas faced a good challenge against Ventspils in the MasterCard BBL semifinal

All quarters First quarter Second quarter Fird quarter Fourth quarter	Zalgiris 5. Marcus James Brown 6. Aleksandar Capin 7. Martynas Pocius 8. Adas Juskevicius 9. Mantas Kalnietis 12. Tadas Klimavicius 13. Mario Delas 15. Mirza Begic 20. Dainius Salenga 21. Arturas Milaknis 22. Siim-Sander Vene 35. Travis Jermaine Watson	Ventspils 8. Mareks Jurevicus 10. Mateo Kedzo 11. Arturs Strelnieks 13. Janis Strelnieks 14. Arturs Berzins 20. Lauris Blaus 21. Ernests Kalve 22. Armands Skele 30. Ronalds Zakis 33. Martins Meiers 45. Dairis Bertans