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Photo: Reuters – Scanpix
Reuters Photo – Scanpix
Gytis Masiulis made a solid debut for the new team in the continued resumption of the German season in Munich.
Points are earned this season
Masiulis is represented by Fraport Skyliners in Frankfurt in Group B matches (0-1) 72:81 (23:16, 16:21, 19:22, 14:22) lost to ALBA (1-0) in Berlin, who played without Rokas Giedraitis, who was not registered for the match.
Masiulis, who started the game in the top five, scored 12 points in 20 minutes (3/4 double, 1/5 trit., 3/4 penalty) and was the team’s most productive player. The Lithuanian also bounced 3 balls and broke the rules 4 times.
Yorman Polas Bartolo also added 12 points to the Frankfurt team, and Lamont Jones scored 10 points.
Peyton Siva, who scored 16 points (2/4 double, 4/8 trit), stood out among the winners, 13 added (6/9 double) Landry Nnoko, 11 – Marcus Eriksson.
At the end of the third quarter, Masiulis put the ball from above and increased the Fraport Skyliners’ lead to 6 points (55:49), but ALBA accelerated 10: 1 and took the lead – 59:56.
The Berlin team started the decisive fourth with three straight three-point games and gained a double-digit lead for the first time in the match (68:58), but the team represented by Masiulis restored the intrigue at the end of the match.
A minute and a half before the end of the game, Joe Rahon scored a double point and ALBA’s lead dissolved in one shot: 72:75. However, at the end of the match, the team from the German capital did not allow the opponents to finally take the initiative and obtained the first victory.
After the suspension of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, ALBA ranked fourth in the championship with 14 wins, and the Fraport Skyliners were in 14th place with 6 wins.
The next match for the Frankfurt team will be played on Tuesday against MHP Riesen in Ludwigsburg, and ALBA will face Boseberg Brose.
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