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Photo: D.Lukšta
Photo D.Lukšta
Kaunas team “Žalgiris-2” in the first match of the King Mindaugas Cup (KMT) gave a serious fight to the basketball players of Prienai “CBet”.
For a long time, the students of Arvydas Gronskis took the lead only in the last minutes at home. 84:87 (25:16, 13:26, 29:19, 17:26) landed for the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) club.
The next stage will be the team, which will have a better ratio of points scored and lost after two games. The second match will take place on October 27 in Prienai.
In the third quarter, Žalgiris won in doubles 29:19 and gained a 6-point lead over experienced rivals – 67:61.
However, the CBet basketball players, with the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter, maintained a streak of 13: 0 and advanced – 72:67.
Although it seemed that the Mantas Šernius students had taken the initiative and would gain a tangible advantage before the second leg, the Žalgiris-2 team led by Karolis Babušis managed to escape again (82:81), with a minute and a half left to play. .
It is true that at the end of the match, the Marquis Wright and Regimantas Miniotas tandem allowed the Prienai club to take a healthy coat against younger rivals and gain a fragile lead before the second match.
Wright, who was the most productive among the winners, scored 18 points in 28 minutes (6/11 double, 0/3 trit., 6/8 penalty), bounced 4 balls, made 5 assists, made 4 errors and scored 13 utility points.
At the time, Babušis, a 20-year-old Žalgiris doubles defender, who hurt his opponents with long throws, scored 23 points (3/3 doubles, 5/8 trit., 2/2 penalties) in 23 minutes, rebounded 2 balls and scored 23 utility points.
“Žalgiris-2”: Karolis Babušis 23 (5/8 trit., 23 bal. Of use), Paulius Murauskas 17 (8th rev.), Giedrius Bergaudas and Vitalijus Kozys 8 each.
CBet: Marquisas Wright 18 (6/11 doubles, 5 res.), Regimantas Miniotas 16 (8 res., 5 res., 23 us.), Mindaugas Sušinskas 12, Justinas Jogminas 10.
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