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Panevėžys Lietkabelis started the new year 2021 with a powerful and assured victory. Nenad Chanak’s students played an impressive second half of the game at home and crushed Pasvalys’ Milk Stars basketball players.
Lietkabelis won the first duel of this year 84:60 (24:18, 14:23, 23: 6, 23:11).
The first two parts of the match were about a persistent and demanding duel, but as soon as the third quarter began, Lietkabelis had a strong momentum and it turned into an easy win.
The Panevėžys people started the third quarter on a 14: 2 streak, but here the Pasvalys team’s troubles are far from over: Lietkabelis won the quarter 23: 6 and counted the 14-point lead before the deciding quarter.
During the third quarter, triples by Karolis Giedraitis, Arvydas Šikšnius and other Pasvalys flew one after another, Daniel Amigo missed four consecutive free throws and it was clear that it would be very difficult for the Gediminas Petrauskas students to reestablish the intrigue.
In total, Pieno Žvaigždės scored 41 points in the first half of the game and 19 points in the second half. Edgaras Želionis played most effectively in Pasvalys’ team, the center scored 11 points.
However, on Saturday night, the Cido stadium was completely dominated by the hosts. Kyle Vinelas scored 22 points, added 2 rebounds and 3 assists.
Gytis Masiulis did not have a good day today, continually slipping on the muddy ground. 17 points, 11 rebounds. In this way, G. Masiulis scored 31 utility points.
When Lietkabelis escaped the endless (21 points difference – aut.), Marius Valinskas scored his first triple of this season. At the end of the duel, the young talent of the club Panevėžys also scored the second triple, but in the closing minutes both teams made more mistakes than successfully attacking the opponents’ basket.
Lietkabelis dominated almost every statistical graph. Chanako’s team scored more accurately on two-point shots (63% vs. 39%), triples (30% vs. 27%), free throws (77% vs. 63%), rebounds (45 vs. 33%) ), more effective passes (19 against 18) and they also took over more balls (9 against 4).
Waterproof: K. Vinalesas 22, G. Masiulis 17 (chamber 11), Margiris Normantas 11, Vytenis Lipkevičius 10.
“Milk stars”: E. Želionis 11, Paulius Petrilevičius 10 (chamber 10), Tomas Lekūnas 9.
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