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American basketball players LiAngelo Ball, right, and his brother, LaMelo, show their shirts after signing for Lithuanian team BC Prienai - Birstonas Vytautas, during a news conference at the Harmony park hotel in Vaizgaikiemis village, Prienai district, Lithuania, Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. LiAngelo Ball and LaMelo Ball signed a one-year contracts to play for Lithuanian professional basketball club Prienai - Birstonas Vytautas in the southern Lithuania town of Prienai, some 110 km (68 miles) from the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.(AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)Mindaugas Kulbis/Associated Press

LiAngelo, LaMelo Ball Miss Game Due to Objection to Reality Show Cameras

Adam WellsJan 6, 2018

LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball didn't attend Prienai Vytautas' game on Saturday because the opposing team didn't want reality show cameras in the arena.

Per ESPN's Jeff Goodman, LiAngelo and LaMelo stayed in Prienai after Lietuvos Rytas objected to having television cameras record material for Ball in the Family.

LiAngelo and LaMelo weren't expected to play in Saturday's game for Prienai Vytautas.

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Goodman reported earlier in the day the Ball brothers will make their debut for the Lithuanian basketball team on Jan. 9 as part of the Big Baller Brand Challenge, which was set up by LaVar Ball as a series of exhibition games to get his sons extended playing time.

"When you come out and they change it just for the Balls, you know it's real," LaVar said.

Ball in the Family is a reality series airing on Facebook Watch that documents the life of the Ball family, including LaVar and Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball.

Prienai Vytautas was defeated 113-56 by Lietuvos Rytas.