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Willy Hernangomez faced off against Mindaugas Kuzminskas in a Spain-Lithuania friendly

Two Knicks playing basketball!

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Mindaugas Kuzminskas 1, Willy Hernangomez 0.

The two soon-to-be Knicks teammates squared off Monday when Spain took on Lithuania in a friendly. Here's the entire game, if you're that thirsty for basketball. I certainly am. It was a tight, back-and-forth affair, with Lithuania pulling out an 87-83 win in overtime:

Willy started and was matched up against Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas for much of the game. The big Spaniard started off on fire, scoring 8 points in the first quarter. He would only manage 2 more for the game, finishing with 10 points (5-9 shooting), 7 rebounds, and 3 assists. It was a decent performance, particularly in light of this news:

As for Kuzminskas, he scored 7 points on 3-9 shooting to go along with 2 rebounds and 2 assists. Kid really likes to establish position underneath the basket, which is probably why the Knicks like him. We'll see how that works in the NBA.

These two teams will play against on Thursday in Spain. To stress the friendly nature of these friendlies, they even shared the same plane:

Lithuania and Spain are on the same side of the Olympic bracket, so they will getting a lot less friendly next month.