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At the start of the 3×3 World Championship in Debrecen, Hungary, two Lithuanian teams fought, met the Americans, and finally decided to make the playoffs.
In the decisive battle of Utena “Juventus” 20:18 in extra time, he broke the Šakiai “Gulbelė-Vytis” trio and thus secured second place in the group.
First place went to the Americans from New York. The forks, for their part, were left without a playoff. Two teams from each group made the playoffs. In the next stage, the people of Utena will meet the trio from Amsterdam.
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Šakiai’s team was separated and it looked like Utena’s team would have trouble catching up (14: 9), but a couple of shots were enough to close the gap – 12:14. Aurelijus Pukelis made no mistake in throwing fines, Ignas Vaitkus did the same, and soon the teams exchanged a pair of shots from under the basket. I minute and a half from the end, “Vytis-Gulbel negot” took the lead only at 17:16, and soon the result was compared by Utena, but after a while he missed the post of A.Pukelis – 18:17. I. Vaitkus compared the result again and the forks did not attack. The teams were waiting for an extension.
Gintautas Matulis scored the first extra points, M.Užupis shot fast from distance, but imprecisely. And Vytautas Šulskis had no regrets: he scored the second point, which guaranteed a playoff spot and victory.
“Juventus”: Ignas Vaitkus 9, Gintautas Matulis 7, Darius Tarvydas 3 (5th chamber), Vytautas Šulskis 1.
Swan: Aurelijus Pukelis 7, Marijus Užupis 6 (sixth chamber), Paulius Beliavičius 5, Šarūnas Vingelis 0.
Utena’s team’s game against NY Harlem was full of fouls: eight of them were dealt in just the first minute of the game. “Uniclub” got the sixth free-kick after playing for just a minute and a half, but after I.Vaitkus’ launch, he took the lead with a free-kick – 6: 5. After three minutes into the game, I.Vaitkus compared the result again (12:12), but “Uniclub” committed the eleventh fault.
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Soon, the Americans used the foul limit and G. Matulis tied the score: 16:16. Uteniškės finished with two more fouls, and V.Šulskis received a technical foul later. – 17:21. In a match that did not last seven minutes, up to 24 rule violations were recorded, 14 of them for Lithuanians. The Americans even fell 11 points (11/13), and Utena’s team fell 4, worse.
“Juventus”: I. Vaitkus 9, G. Matulis 7, D. Tarvydas 1, V. Šulskis 0.
“NY Harlem”: Joey King and Kidani Brutus – 7 each, Dominique Jones 4, Marcel Esenwune – 3.
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Meanwhile, Gulbelė posed a very serious challenge to the Americans and had a chance to win until the last seconds. The difference was small (17:19), but in the last long shot, NY Harlem still took the victory, leaving no chance for the Lithuanians. 21:17.
Vytis-Gulbelė: M.Užupis 9, Š.Vingelis and A.Pukelis – 3 each, P.Beliavičius 2.
“NY Harlem”: K. Brutus and D.Jones – 6 each, J.King 5, M.Esonwune 4.
The teams had familiar compositions: they came with Vytis-Gulbele Aurelijus Pukelis, Marijus Užupis, Paulius Beliavičius, Šarūnas Vingelis and Dainius Novickas, Represented Utena Darius Tarvydas, Ignas Vaitkus, Gintautas Matulis and Vytautas Šulskis.
In the first round, the teams were divided into groups according to the ranking, which resulted in the Utena and Šakiai clubs being left in Group D, where they will have to compete with the NY Harlem team of the United States of America (USA). ). NY Harlem is fourth in the 3×3 world ranking, Vytis-Gulbelė is fifth, Utena made her official debut only in the 3×3 Hoptrans tournament, where she won a ticket for Hungary, thus taking last, twelfth place in the ranking.
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