LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball Dropped Buckets in Their Latest Game in Lithuania

LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball combined for 80 points.

LiAngelo Ball and Lamelo Ball take part in their first training session in Lithuania.
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LiAngelo Ball and Lamelo Ball take part in their first training session in Lithuania.

If for no other reason, LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball need to be recognized for making a hell of a lot of people care about an otherwise unknown league in Lithuania. In today's contest, the Ball-led BC Vytautas squad notched a W over BC Dzukija in a 147-142 overtime thriller and the brothers accounted for over half of its team's buckets—80 to be exact.

The fourth game of the Big Baller Brand Challenge saw younger brother LaMelo drop 43 and LiAngelo drop 37 points, respectively. LiAngelo also grabbed 10 boards for a double-double in the game. Twenty-three of LaMelo's points came in the third. The point guard even dropped the hammer in OT. 

LaMelo Ball got bounce LIKE THAT 🚀 @MELOD1P @ZO2_ @bigballerbrand pic.twitter.com/rbtGx1p0Dk

— Overtime (@overtime) January 23, 2018

His older brother Lonzo even caught some of the action and was impressed by the hops of his younger sibling. 

👀... Okay @MELOD1P https://t.co/ndRZdKBNgd

— Lonzo Ball (@ZO2_) January 23, 2018

In case you forgot, LaMelo is only 16. He can barely even legally drive a car, yet he's hooping against grown men and dropping 40 on their heads. However, despite an impressive offensive showing, Lithuanian announcers wanted to assure you that the Ball brothers both "sucked at defense."

Lithuanian announcers wanna make it clear LaMelo and LiAngelo "sucked at defense" lmao pic.twitter.com/4whHoSRSef

— Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) January 23, 2018

Not to be overshadowed, the father of Big Ballers, LaVar Ball, made his assistant coaching debut with his son's team during today's game as well. That's right. He might not be too fond of the Los Angeles Lakers coaching staff, but over in Lithuania they are giving him a clipboard. 

#CoachLavar 👊🏽 pic.twitter.com/VGlfliviOg

— Lavar Ball (@Lavarbigballer) January 23, 2018

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