They love their basketball
Submitted by davidnielsen on Fri, 08/15/2008 - 10:38
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I checked out the basketball venue the other night and caught a little bit of Lithuania’s victory over Russia and the U.S. men’s rout of Greece.
Keeping with their theme of architecturally striking athletic facilities, the Chinese built a square building and adorned with long golden metallic strips. 
Beijing basketball arena
Inside the place looked like any other arena. The energetic crowd loved the American players, especially Kobe Bryant.
But the most enthusiastic fans I saw were the Lithuanians. Check out this clip.
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