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On Saturday night Vilnius Rytas and Utena Juventus will enter the decisive final of the King Mindaugas Cup (KMT) quarterfinals, where they will find out which team will participate in the final quartet competition in Panevėžys from February 13-14.
- The BasketNews.lt website will traditionally help you watch the games, which start at 5pm at the Jeep Arena.
Match progress:
0: 0, 1 min: The ball of discord is won by the guests.
0: 5, 2 min: Gecevičius wins the first three-point match. Kariniauskas adds two points.
3: 7, 3 min: Ulecko of three points. Skuch bathes Echod and responds with two points.
3: 9, 3 min: Colon Kariniauskas.
3: 9, 4 min: Goudelock is injured and is removed from the field.
3:11, 4 minutes: Colón from Kariniauskas with a foul.
4:13, 5 min: Colon vaitkus. The advantage reached double digits. Butkevičius responds with an appropriate fine.
4:16, 5 min: Gecevičius hits a triple. The left asks for a meeting.
Gustav Klikna, BasketNews.lt journalist at the Jeep ArenaThe start of the match does not promise anything good for Vilnius residents. Juventus scored 7 of 8 shots in the first 5 minutes. Additionally, Andrew Goudelockas was injured as the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field.
9:19, 6 minutes: Placing an echo with a fault. Vaitkus responds with a three-point answer. Butkevičius issues a fine.
11:19, 7 min: Girdžiūnas throwing from a medium distance.
13:19, 8 min: 2 more Girdžiūnas points.
15:22, 8 min: Geco three points, Radzevičius responds with two points.
17:22, 9 min: Columbus Butkevičius. Urbon asks for a meeting.
Juventus basketball players won the first mutual duel in Utena 89:87. The team with the most points during both games will advance to the semi-finals, so nTo advance to the next stage, Vilnius needs a victory of at least 3 points.
In the first game, Vaidas Kariniauskas led Utena’s team to victory with 16 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds and 20 utility points.
Andrew Goudelock, who scored 18 points, was the most productive in “morning” camp.
In the decisive duel, the capital’s basketball players will be left without one of their leaders. As the door closes to the next leg of the Champions League, it was officially announced on Wednesday that the morning will be left by tall Maurice Ndour, who has gone to China and will represent the Golden Bulls team in Zhejiang.
The Senegalese was a powerful weapon for Vilnius under the basket, accumulating 17.4 points, 6 rebounds and 20.6 utility points during a Lithuanian basketball league game.
This departure of the basketball player opened an opportunity for another player from the Ryto system. The capital’s team invited Martynas Pacevičius, the tall man from “Perlo Energija”, to join their attackers.
The 23-year-old forward was Vilnius’ main leader this NKL season. Pacevičius posted stats of 17.5 points, 8.7 rebounds and 21.1 utility points during 14 games played.
There will also be Kristjan Kitsing, who suffered meniscus trauma, and Rokas Gustis, who is still being treated for shoulder trauma.
Gytis Radzevičius, who represented Juventus last season but moved to Vilnius in the summer, admitted before the match that the capital’s team is far from the best of times, but stressed that getting involved is mandatory.
“It is a difficult time for us now, we have to climb on our own. Definitely too many losses, we have to find the key to the wins. I believe that step by step our game will improve. It has to improve, we have to do something to improve it. We all have to unite: coaches and players, absolutely everyone, ”said the basketball player.
At that time, the atmosphere on the Juventus pitch was completely different, and the Žydrūnas Urbonas students were in full swing.
One of the team leaders, Žygimantas Skučas, emphasized before the match that it was an extraordinary and probably the best opportunity to finally cross the barrier of “Tomorrow”.
“For as many years as possible, this is now the best opportunity to break through in the Morning. We have to. They are favorites, but a lot depends on ourselves, it all depends on how we prepare – if we play well, then all wins. are really in our hands, we will prepare for the four finalists, ”said LkuLas Skučas.
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