Juventus builds a fragile lead ahead of retaliatory cup match in Vilnius / News

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Beneath the basket, Vaidas Kariniauskas terrorized defenders below him and shared jewel transfers, and under his leadership, Utena’s Juventus won the first match of the King Mindaugas Cup (KMT) quarter-final.

Žydrūnas Urbonas students at home 89:87 (19:23, 26:21, 26:30, 18:13) broke Vilnius Basketball players “Rytas” also gained a 2-point lead before the match.

The second quarter-final match will take place on January 16 in Vilnius.

At the start of the decisive quarter, the capital’s team went ahead 74:71, but Juventus accelerated 8-0 and got a 5-point lead 7 minutes after Vaidas Kariniauskas’s colón (79:74).

4 leftthe guests responded with a 5: 0 mini-jet and then Martynas Echodas’s colon breathed on the back of Utena’s team (81:82). Two minutes later “Juventus” ran 7: 2 and after a long shot by Martynas Gecevičius they gained a 6-point lead (89:83).

Donald Kairis’s students responded with two precise two-point points and after the break from Dovis Bičkauskis they came close to 87:89. PIn the seconds of the match, Bičkauskis failed to equalize the result from below the basket, Vaidas Kariniauskas’s triple with a siren did not reach the goal and the locals won (89:87).

“Thank God we got together, because at the beginning we could advance 10: 0, but we went backwards.” coach Urbonas. – We lost the start 7: 0, although we had so many free throws that we were able to score three seconds, sing the first column of the Lithuanian anthem and shoot. The pitches didn’t drop, the tension took hold, but then we picked up the pace, caught up with the opponents and it was a really interesting image.

Man of the match

One of the keys to Juventus’ victory was the fight under the baskets. Utena’s people caught up to 44 balls, “Rytas” – 27.

“Juventus” wanted a ball, they have players who dominate, but I am not only talking about the balls they took, but also the ones we did not take, and that is unjustifiable, “said Kairys, a Vilnius strategist, in the fight lost for the rebounds.

The most useful player in Utena was Kariniauskas, who scored 16 points (5/9 dvit., 2/6 trit.) In 25 minutes, he bounced 6 and lost 2 balls, made 7 results. transfers, committed 3 fouls and scored 20 utility points.

Andrew Goudelock appeared on the morning team. The American scored 18 points (6/8 doubles, 1/5 trit., 3/3 penalties) in 24 minutes, bounced 1 and lost 2 balls, made 2 assists, made 3 assists and scored 13 utility points.

Kristynas Kitsing, who suffered a meniscus trauma during her training, was unable to help Rytas today.

The game was better started by the guests, who gained a 9-point lead behind Goudelock’s colon at the beginning of the first quarter (11: 2). The Urbon students managed to recover and after the Kariniauskas colon the result was the same: 19:19.

After a long break, “Rytas” fell behind 6 points (46:52), but the Vilnius team ran and after Arnas Butkevičius’ fines weighed the result in their favor (53:52).

Juventus: Vaidas Kariniauskas 16 (7th rev.), Martynas Gecevičius 14 (4/8 trit.), Bryantas Crawfordas 11 (7th rev.), Mindaugas Kupšas (4/5 doubles) and Žygimantas Skučas – after 9, Gintautas Matulis 8, Marius Runkauskas and Vaidas Čepukaitis (sixth chamber) after 6.

“Tomorrow”: Andrew Goudelock 18 (1/5 trit.), Martynas Echodas 15, Ryan Boatright 14, Dovis Bičkauskis and Maurice Ndouras (sixth camera) after 9, Mindaugas Girdžiūnas 8.

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