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Photo: Dainius Lukšta
Photo Dainius Lukšta
The best match of NKL – VIKINGLOTTO’s career after playing against 205 cm tall Aurelijus Pukelis, 26, does not hide that this season he also received the attention of LKL.
Aurelijus Pukelis
| MIN: | 23.74 |
| PTS: | 19.43 (75.13%) |
| REB: | 8.36 |
| AS: | 1.71 |
| ST: | 1.5 |
| BS: | 0.36 |
| TO: | 2.5 |
| GM: | 14 |
On New Year’s Eve, the basketball player scored 40 points (17/20 doubles, 1/2 trit., 3/4 fines) in a duel with Kaunas “Žalgiris-2” and added 54 utility points, thus capturing the best numbers of his career and the league this season.
“It doesn’t seem like he did anything special before the game, everything was as usual. The teammates made passes, Paulius Semaška hit his record, overall. Perhaps it also contributed to the fact that we played against youngsters who are slightly less than strength and mass, “Pukelis told the website” nklyga.lt “about his best matches.
Named after the basketball player, Semaška made 15 assists and set a career record and repeated the season record NKL – VIKINGLOTTO.
Up to 10 effective passes, Semaška rallied to help Pukelis.
“We understand each other, if I look up, pass the ball. He says it’s easier for him when I show him that I want to get the ball. We don’t play the first year, we know who does what, where to expect a transfer. We are not newcomers to the site, Pukelis said.
In the match “Vytis” after two halves he was 12 points behind (35:47), and Pukelis, who scored 17 points, already had 3 fouls.
In the third quarter, the center saved by fouls and scored the first points 3 minutes before the end of the quarter. and 40 sec. However, he did not accumulate more fouls and scored 23 points in the second half of the game (15 points in the fourth quarter), including the decisive victory by three points.
Fines are being issued this season
“I sat on the bench and that’s back in the game,” Pukelis said with a laugh. – The brothers scored three triples and we were already in the game. I myself managed to survive the match due to fouls. Maybe you lose points somewhere because of that, but you stay in the game and that is why you give more benefits later. Of course, I try to play as much as possible on the foul line, the referee’s whistle went silent, it was nothing. “
The center of Šilalė dominates in the second strongest league in Lithuania, winning on average 19.4 points, recovering 8.4 balls and accumulating 26.3 utility points.
From the colon area, it reaches 75.5 percent. shots, three points: 61.1 percent, and kicks from the penalty line are made by 85.1 percent. accuracy.
“Maybe it’s so quiet that you don’t have to rush with the pitches,” Pukelis said of the great season. – I have been playing in the league for the sixth year in a row, the advice of the Lavrinovičius brothers also gives results, the friends of the team are family. It’s all made up. “
Has the racing season garnered more attention from other teams?
“The focus from the outside is that it seems possible to leave today, but I don’t want to go to the fourth league in Italy. Especially knowing the very high level of NKL – VIKINGLOTTO this year.
There were LKL conversations with Prienai CBet both before and during the season. But I explained to them that I have the opportunity to go to the Olympics, I don’t want to run and start doing something else now. And after this year, it will be possible to see if someone else is interested ”, revealed Pukelis.
The basketball player is ranked 14th in the 3×3 world basketball rankings and is in the first position among Lithuanian basketball players.
Selection for the Olympic Games in Austria is scheduled for May 26-30. So far, the composition of the Lithuanian team has not been announced.
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