LiAngelo Ball was one of Prienu Vytautas’ few productive players during Tuesday’s 96-87 loss to Helios Suns in the final game of the Big Baller Brand International Tournament at Prienai Arena. With LaMelo Ball out due to injury, LaVar Ball’s second son stepped up with a team-high 30 points on 11-of-28 shooting (1-of-6 from three) to go with his eight rebounds.

But Gelo’s output wasn’t enough for Vytautas to avoid dropping to 3-0 in the event, let alone to satisfy the Big Baller. After the game, LaVar pointed the proverbial finger at LiAngelo for failing to score down the stretch when entrusted to carry his team through the end of a close game.

“Five in a row went to him and you didn’t get none of them,” LaVar told the media after the game, “and they were close. Jump hooks but you tired and missing. So you cost us the game ‘cause we trying to go through you. You a scorer.”

Gelo did most of his scoring in the first half, but the Ballfather said he would’ve preferred a reversal of his boy’s production.

“Can’t have 20 points at halftime and end up with 30. How about you get me 10 at halftime and then end up with 30?” he said. “Then I know you got 20 more in that second half ‘cause it don’t count in the first half. You can ball your ass off, but if you can’t seal the deal. . .”

The solution, in LaVar’s mind, is for LiAngelo to work on his conditioning—a problem the Big Baller saw across his roster in this tournament.

“For Gelo, if you’re a scorer and they gonna count on you, you gotta put that ball in the hole. Gotta put it in the hole, son,” LaVar went on. “Can’t be tired, so maybe you gotta get a little more wind in you ‘cause you missing them by a hair.

“If you make those, we in the game, got a chance to win. But you missed five in a row at the wrong time and they were all layups. Nobody called no foul.”

LaVar doesn’t figure to be the one stalking the sidelines when Vytautas resumes play on Saturday, against Lietuvos Rytas in Lithuanian (LKL) League competition. During that game, Virginijus Seskus, the regular head coach in Prienai, will be responsible for getting on Gelo for his mistakes.

In the meantime, though, the 19-year-old can’t count on any reprieve from the Father of Balls.

“As a coach, I’m cool,” LaVar said, “but as a father, he know I don’t like that losing, so he got to deal with it a little harder.”

That begins with getting called out in the media by his own dad.