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Simas Jasaitis played as in the best moments of his career, and Alytus’ Dzūkija (4-8) returned to the path of victories.
Man of the match
Alytus residents who played on the trip 82:78 (23:24, 17:18, 22:14, 20:22) broke K “dainiai’s “Nevėžis-Optibet”, who suffered his seventh consecutive defeat.
Jasaitis scored 29 points (4/6 dvit., 6/11 trit., 3/3 penalty) in 32 minutes, bounced 6 and took 2 balls, made 1 effective pass, blocked the shot, never made a mistake and scored 31 utility points.
Less than three minutes before the end of the match, Tadas Rinkūnas took all three penalties and it seemed that Dzūkija would end the match calmly (77:68).
Still, Sedrick Barefield scored a foul, and soon added a triple and before the last minute of the duel, the Nevėžis-Optibet deficit was reduced to 3 points – 74:77.
With 25 seconds to go, Kristupas Žemaitis scored a penalty, and on the other side of the field, Barefield hit another colon and reduced the gap to 2 points (78:80).
However, Rinkūnas did not again make a mistake on the penalty line, and the last attack of the Kėdainiai team was tremendously chaotic and the final siren announced the victory of Dzūkija.
EJ Montgomery made his debut for the Kėdainiai team. The tallman scored 5 points (1/5 dvit., 1/1 trit.) In 15 minutes, he bounced 5 and caught 1 ball, made 1 cash pass, made 2 errors and scored 5 utility points.
Nevėžis-Optibet: Sedrick Barefield 26 (5/6 diat., 5/10 trit.), Panagiotis Kalaitzakis 20 (4/7 trit.), Julius Kazakauskas 14 (4/7 dvit., 9 reb.).
“Dzūkija”: Simas Jasaitis 29 (4/6 dvit., 6/11 trit.), Tadas Rinkūnas 14 (7/7 trit.), Paolo Marinelli 11 (2/7 trit.).
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