Rio Olympics 2016: 5 teams which can upset USA basketball team

Pau Gasol will do most of the heavy lifting for Spain

#4 Lithuania, Rank- 3

Lithuania at the 2015 Eurobasket

Lithuania arrives at the 2016 Rio Olympics after qualifying at the Eurobasket 2015 along with Spain. They have won three silver medals in basketball at the Olympics. Now that Spain is without its twin towers, Lithuania's two big men have an opportunity to impose their will on the competition.

Toronto Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas has proved himself as a force to reckon with in the Eastern Conference Finals before going down with an injury. He will have the support of Thunder big man Domantas Sabonis, son of legend Arvydas Sabonis.

Of Domantas, Lithuanian coach Jonas Kazlauskas has said, "I can say that another basketball star is growing. His father was uncommon and such human is one per 100 years. I was thinking that if Domantas will not interfere the national team, it will be good, but when he actually helps, I appreciate it very nicely."

Look for Lithuania to bully teams with their size. They don't have a single player below 6"4 on their roster, and six of them are over 6"9 in height.

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