
LiAngelo, LaMelo Ball vs. Lietuvos Rytas: Live Stream, Schedule and Preview
Big Baller Brand Challenge part two is set for Monday, as LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball will suit up for Vytautas and face Lietuvos Rytas in Lithuania.
The game is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. ET, with a live stream available at the Ballislife Basketball Weekly Showcase Facebook page.
Jeff Goodman of ESPN explained Vytautas withdrew from the Baltic Basketball League for this season and elected to play in this challenge, which is a series of five exhibition games designed to highlight the Ball brothers and help them garner experience overseas.
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Vytautas will continue lacing it up in the Lithuanian domestic league, and the Associated Press (h/t Los Angeles Times) noted the Ball brothers were scoreless in their professional debuts Saturday in a 95-86 loss to Lietkabelis Panevezys, missing all seven of their combined field-goal attempts.
However, as is often the case in the Ball family, they were overshadowed by their father, LaVar Ball, when he took the court at halftime and attempted multiple half-court shots:
Expect to see the Ball brothers on the court Monday much more than they were in the Saturday loss, considering it will be a Big Baller Brand Challenge game.
According to Goodman, Vytautas coach Virginijus Seskus suggested their playing time would be limited in the league games considering they are both teenagers and facing adult professionals.
LiAngelo and LaMelo shined in their first Big Baller Brand Challenge game, though, combining for 29 points against the Zalgiris reserve team.
Zalgiris is 16-2 and in first place in the LKL, while Vytautas sits in last place at 4-15, but the chance to play against reserves created a different dynamic. Goodman noted the Ball brothers will face the second team of 15-4 Lietuvos-Rytas as well in Monday's matchup.
That won't stop the Balls from advertising Big Baller Brand after they had the logo at center court for the first challenge game that even featured referees wearing the company's shirts.
Expect more of the same and a heavy offensive focus to be on the two brothers as the primary attraction in the friendly matchup.
LaMelo Ball has plenty of talent and was a 4-star prospect in the class of 2019, per 247Sports' composite rankings. He took the lead a number of times in the first challenge game, flashing some head-turning passes in transition and demonstrating his ability to get inside the lane off the dribble with a quick first step.
As for LiAngelo—who started the season on UCLA's roster before leaving school—he doesn't have the same long-term prospects as his brother as someone who was a 3-star prospect in his class on 247Sports. However, he also fared well for stretches in the first challenge game with soft touch on his perimeter shot and multiple transition opportunities.
The end goal for both is playing on the Los Angeles Lakers alongside brother Lonzo (LaVar is on record predicting it will happen in 2020, per Sports Illustrated), but LaMelo and LiAngelo figure to once again be the primary draw in another Lithuania game on Monday.
The third Big Baller Brand Challenge contest will then take place Friday when Vytautas faces Sakiu Vytis.



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