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At Alytus’ home, Dzūkija took a strong step towards the quarterfinals and even 96:71 (22:16, 28:19, 27:13, 19:23) crushed Šiauliai.
The return leg will take place on January 5 in Šiauliai. Klaipeda’s “Neptune” is already waiting for competitors in the quarterfinals.
Only in the first half did the fight go smoother, and then Alytus’s people started to gain the upper hand. If Šiauliai still had a chance to break the match (35:50) before the long break, the third quarter became decisive. 14: 1 – so the hosts started the half, splitting already 64:38, and the solid Matas Jucikas and Thomas Dziagwa with the help of others only increased the lead. In the last part, the paperwork remained to be fixed and the locals won without problems.
Matas Jucikas was the one who stood out the most in Dzūkija, who had 17 minutes to score 18 points, bounce 8 balls and finish the game with 22 utility points.
26 assists, by the way, is the highest number of Citadele KMT teams this season. Kristupas Žemaitis and Paolo Marinelli scored the most here, adding 6 each.
Dzūkija: Matas Jucikas 18, Artūras Jomantas 12, Tadas Rinkūnas 11, Simas Jasaitis 10, Kristupas Žemaitis and Martynas Zigmantavičius (2/8 dvit.) – 9 each.
Šiauliai: Elvaras Fridriksson 17 (6th chamber), Arminas Urbutis 10 (7th chamber), Mindaugas Lukauskis 9, Andy Van Vlietas (2/7 double, 1/4 trit., 6th chamber, 6 res. And Eimantas Stankevičius (1/4 trit. ) – after 7.
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