Dominant M. Normantas put an end to Juventus’ victorious series



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At the Betsafe-LKL championship on Wednesday night, one of the table leaders of the tournament clashed, in which the basketball players from Panevėžys Lietkabelis (10/4) looked stronger.

A student of Nenad Chanako who played at homeI 100: 79 (21:22, 32:20, 24:19, 23:18) confidently faced the Utena Juventus team (8/5).

In the second half of the match, the referees distributed four technical fouls: they were won by Žydrūnas Urbonas, Utena’s substitute bench, Vaidas Kariniauskas and then Vytenis Lipkevičius. The latter had previously suffered a non-sports foul, so he did not return to the field of play.

It was the second game for these teams this season. The village of Panevėžys also triumphed in the former after the dramatic struggle. For Utena’s team, this match turned into a dress rehearsal ahead of the Citadele King Mindaugas Cup (KMT) quarter-final match against Vilnius “Rytas”.

The impressive performance was starred by a recent show of fantastic sporting form. Margiris Normantas, who scored 23 points, handed out 8 assists, took 7 balls (the Betsafe-LKL record this season) and scored 41 utility points. No player in the league has recorded such a number this season.

Kyle Vinales, the defender of Panev defensažys, also played his best game. He has 19 points, 8 assists and 25 utility points on his account.

From the first minutes, a stubborn fight broke out on the field: the teams played fast and exchanged shots and errors. Panevėžys, led by K. Vinales, who scored 8 points, led 12:10 in the middle of the quarter. Then V. Kariniauskas, the organizer of the attacks in Utena, appeared on the parquet and “Juventus” revalued the result and took the lead at 22:21 after ten minutes.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Lietkabelis stalled in attack, so N.Čanakas called for a minute of rest, after which his pupils broke the ice, but midway through the half, Utena’s team kept going – 30 : 27.

M.Normantas ‘successful game finally allowed Panevėžys’ team to escape and go to the dressing room with a solid 53:42 difference, and even three technical fouls by Utena’s team, obtained in the last moments of the first half of the match. , made a significant contribution.

After a long break, the hosts did not slow down and continued to increase their lead – 61:44, but the points from Žygimantas Skučas and his teammates somewhat melted the deficit of Utena’s basketball players and after a few minutes it was only 4 points – 59:63. Still, Paulius Valinskas took the lead at that point and before the fourth quarter, Lietkabelis even increased his lead: 77:61.

In the last quarter, Utena’s team did not organize a more serious outbreak, and the final siren sounded and announced the undoubted victory of the Panevėžys club: 100: 79.

Waterproof: M.Normantas 23 (3/5 trit., 8 res. Passes, 7 reps., 41 helpful votes), K.Vinalesas 19 (8 res. Passes, 25 helpful votes), P. Valinskas 16, Dž.Gagičius 11 ( seventh chamber), G.Maldūnas 8.

“Juventus”: Ž.Skučas and B.Crawfordas after 14, V.Čepukaitis 10 (aton 7), M.Gecevičius and M.Kupšas after 8.

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