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Photo: LSKL
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The Regional Basketball League (TOPsport-RKL) played 14 games over the weekend. The only owners of the Biržai KKSC championship (7-1) extended their series of victories to 7, after 91:83 (16:15, 28:24, 20:23, 27:21) they managed to break the first defeat “Kretinga” (4-1).
Osvaldas Kurauskas
| Position: | PG |
| Years: | 41 |
| Height: | 189 cm |
| Weight: | 92 kilograms |
| Place of birth: | Lithuania |
Leaders duel. The winner of the match in Kretinga was decided in the fourth quarter, and the award for best player of the match went to Biržai leader Darius Griškėnas, who achieved a triple-double. The 36-year-old veteran, who played virtually no substitutions, scored 16 points, bounced 12 balls, made 10 assists, seized 2 balls, caused 6 fouls, made 4 errors and scored 33 utility points. For the third consecutive game, the exchange had a rotation of just 8 players.
The forward represented several clubs in the Lithuanian basketball league in 2007-2015.
The most useful player in Kretinga was Domininkas Matulis, 29 years old (22 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 interceptions, 6 fouls, 3 errors, 33 utility points).
A monkey on a hump. Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) has become the only team in Division A to go undefeated (5-0). Arūnas Juknevičius is a soldier this time in an NBA-type attack combat 109: 99 (32:29, 27:16, 26:26, 23:28) broke Akmenė’s Patriots-Cement district (1-4). It is worth noting that during the first 5 matches, VMU throws an average of 92.6 points to the opponents’ basket.
MVP of the week. The star of 22nd player Vainius Steponavičius shone more in the Kaunas match. VMU’s fourth quarter scored 31 points (11/13 dvit., 3/4 trit.) In 31 minutes, he bounced 4 balls, made 13 assists, intercepted 4 balls, caused 1 opponent’s foul, once made a mistake and scored 47 utility points. This performance by Steponavičius guaranteed not only the victory of the students, but also the season records of 3 leagues: effective passing (13), hitting colonies (11) and utility points (47). Steponavičius was well assisted by Rokas Ruškys, who took 8 balls (season record).
Steponavičius showed a great game before: in 4 games played, the basketball player scored an average of 22.5 points (70% round trip, 53.3 trit.), He made 8.8 assists and recorded an average of 27.5 utility points.
Deividas Visockis played the most useful challenge for Kaunas residents in the Patriots ranks: Cement (20 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 interceptions, 2 errors, 8 provoked fouls, 35 utility points).
Record. VMU’s team on the wave also reached the team-of-the-season record in this match. Juknevičius students hit up to 38 of the 50 two-point points thrown (76 percent).
Calendar. There is no doubt that from now on everyone will duel with the basketball players from Vytautas Magnus University with double motivation to give up the first defeat of the season. The closest students are Kaunas University of Technology (KTU, 1-2), Raseiniai (3-2) and the aforementioned Patriots-Cement. Probably the most anticipated duel of this part of the season will take place on December 4, when Vytautas Magnus University hosts the Biržai team at home.
It crashed. In TOPsport – RKL Division B, Pakruojis SC-Lygumai ŽŪB (4-0) and Kazlų Rūda SC-Ataka (4-0) continue to oppress their rivals. Pakruojis basketball players are being defeated by Aurimas Andrušaitis 112: 61 (28:15, 23: 6, 29:13, 32:27) beat Gargždai’s “Gargždus-2” (0-2). In this match, the leader of group A, Pakruojis, had 32 assists (a season record). Nedas Švirikas (10) contributed more to this.
A kind of sensation was registered in Division B, Group B, where SC-Attack even 82:63 (20:15, 26:12, 20:21, 16:15) taught one of the Kaunas division favorites “Žalgiris-3” youth (1/1). Mantas Gelčius played most useful among the winners (15 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 22 utility points). Kajus Kublickas, who scored 16 points, provoked 7 fouls and scored 21 utility points, stood out among the Žalgiris people.
Leader. The most impressive personal performance in Division B was organized this weekend by 16-year-old Kajus Leliukas from Šiauliai Basketball Academy “Saulė-SG” (1-2). 204 cm tall young man in a match for the victory against Raseiniai KKSC (0-1) 91:54 (21:13, 27:17, 22:13, 21:11) scored 28 points, bounced 10 balls, made 3 assists, took 4 balls, committed 4 errors, caused 6 fouls and scored 37 utility points. Last season, the Šiauliai team achieved only 2 wins, therefore the first win at the beginning of the season should only motivate the team even more.
Jurbarkas Rockets. Jurbarkas (2-0) in Division B of Group A becomes something of a fashion ambassador for the NBA. The Povilas Valaitis students, who won both games of the season, did so with impressive style, averaging 54.4 percent. three points. In Game 1, Jurbarkas hit 15 of 30 long throws, and this weekend he went one step further and improved his season record.
Jurbarkis scored as many as 16 points out of 27 (59.3%) in the “Kupiškis” basket (2-2) and won the match. 106: 74 (26:17, 23:13, 28:20, 29:24). Jurbarkas defenders Lukas Žukauskas and Mindaugas Jakštas, who scored 5 of 8 3-pointers, were the biggest contributors to this. During the first 2 matches, Jakštas scored a total of 12 3-pointers out of 19 (63.2%) and Žukauskas, 8 out of 14 (57.1%). This duo hit 20 of 33 triples together in 2 games. The club made 31 of 57 long shots in 2 games.
I wonder if Jurbarkas will be able to maintain similar results in the future. The situation is grateful for that so far: Gargždus-2 (0-2) will take the sniper team home next weekend.
The role of Kurauskas. 3 of 4 victories were achieved by basketball players of Anykščiai KKSC “Elmis” (3-1), at home 107: 73 (26:24, 25:20, 29:14, 27:15) after passing the Alytus Sports Recreation Center “Dzūkija” (1-2). In the ranks of the winners, 16-point midfielder Donatas Radžiūnas scored 16 points, 14 rebounds and 33 utility points.
The most useful player in Dzūkija was Coach Osvaldas Kurauskas. The 41-year-old and 190 cm tall player scored 16 points (4/8 dvit., 0/1 trit., 8/9 penalties) in 22 minutes, bounced 3 balls, made 6 assists, made 7 errors, provoked 9 fouls and collected 19 utility scores. The former manager of Klaip “da” Neptūnas “did not step on the floor in the first game with Vilnius” Ryto-MRU-VKM “, and last week in the game with basketball players Kazlų Rūda did not score in 9 minutes.
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