Is Lithuania a lock for the olympics or there's still a distinct possibility that we see him in the summer league at Las Vegas?

No, Lithuania still has to win qualification to Olympics. It's safe to assume they have really good chances on qualifying.

The 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament is a men's basketball tournament that will consist of 12 national teams, where the top three teams earn a place in the 2012 Olympics basketball tournament. It will be held on 28 July 2012 in Caracas, Venezuela.

Nothing was going well for rytas, alot of missed shots, turnovers, Valanciunas didnt get alot of good passes there were some questionable calls, the team didnt get into an ofensive groove. maybe it will change in game 2...

JV was by far the best player in Rytas team in the first half imho. Overall his game was mediocre which isn't surprising as Zalgiris did a hell of a job on defence. They completely shut down Rytas leaders including JV.. Rytas offence was tangled in the begining of the match as they couldn't score a single point for about 5 first minutes of the game.

This year it's a shortened series. Whoever wins 3 games first wins. I myself as a Zalgiris fan was expecting a 3-0 sweep all along, Rytas haven't defeated Zalgiris even once this season. It is very unlikely they will now that the 3rd game will be played in Kaunas.

That's probably even better news for Jonas, he'll get some extra rest time after this torturous season. While I was watching the game it occured to me that Jonas might indeed have slimmed down a bit after this playing marathon.