Personal Life
Sabonis is married to Ingrida Mikelionytė, a former Miss Miss Lithuania, fashion model, and movie actress. They have a daughter named Aušrinė and three sons: Domantas, Tautvydas, and Žygimantas. Tautvydas plays for the CB Málaga junior team, and was a member of the Lithuania under-19 national team that won the 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. The other two sons also represent Lithuanian national teams in FIBA youth tournaments of their age groups; in August 2011, Domantas was touted as Lithuania's top under-15 player. During the European U-16 championship in 2012, Domantas averaged 14.1 points and 14.4 rebounds per game.
In September 2011, Sabonis suffered a heart attack while playing basketball in Lithuania. Doctors said that the heart attack was not life-threatening.
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