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Mantas Ruikis put on a real spectacle on the park, and the Gargždai club (10/18) led by him successfully won the regular season of the National Basketball League (NKL).
Erik Kubilius’s students at home 105: 83 (27:17, 25:25, 19:21, 34:20) defeated the championship leader Jonava “CBet” (24/4) team.
The hosts started the game much better, taking a 17-point lead in the middle of the second half after Mantas Ruikis’ free kick (42:25).
However, the guests did not intend to raise the white flag, they responded with a jet of water and after Noah Pankratyev’s colon, CBet’s deficit melted to 5 points at the end of the third half (63:68).
E. Kubilius’s students finally settled their affairs in the deciding quarter, when they organized the 11: 2 section and held a 16-point lead in 8 minutes (82:66).
M. Ruikis put on an impressive performance in the ranks of the winners. The 35-year-old veteran scored 40 points (8/13 dvit., 7/9 trit., 3/4 penalty) in 30 minutes, bounced 4 and took 3 balls, made 5 assists, made a mistake and scored 43 points of utility. .
M.Ruikis, who was enraged in the match against CBet and shook 40 points, repeated this season’s league performance record, which until now belonged to Šakiai “Vytis” forward Aurelijus Pukelis.
Jonava’s team could not be helped by Gediminas Žalalis, Laimonas Kisielius, Aurimas Urbonas and Darius Tarvydas in this match.
After defeating Jonava’s team, “Gargždai” with their victories matched with Kaunas’ double “Žalgiris” (18/10), but due to a better mutual relationship, they surpassed them in the standings and finished the regular season in fifth place.
In the eighth final, Gargždiškės will compete with the Vilnius team “Perlo Energija” (18/10), which won the last berth to the playoffs and is in twelfth place.
The eighth final series will be played with up to 2 wins. If a third match is needed, it will be played in Gargždai.
At that point, the CBet basketball players at the top of the rankings, along with the top three teams in the championship, are heading straight for the quarterfinals.
Gargzdai: Mantas Ruikis 40 (7/9 trit., 5 res.), Modestas Kumpys 23 (4/5 trit., 6 rep.), Jonas Dumašius 17 (5 rep.), Ernestas Bružas 12 (6 res.).
“CBet”: Liam O’Reilly 21 (5/8 diat.), Edvinas Šeškus 17 (6 rev. Ch., 5 res.), Kahlilas Thomasas 15 (8 rev. Ch.), Tomas Delininkaitis 13 (3/8 trit., 5 res.), Ignas Labutis 12 (5 res.).
After defeating the Marijampoleans in the decisive battle, Telšiai rose to third place
Marijampolė’s Sūduva-Mantinga (8/20), who nearly came out of a 23-point deficit, ended the NKL championship regular season with a failure.
Students of Povilas Šakinis in Telšiai 64:70 (11:21, 16:27, 20: 5, 17:17) secured a place for Telšiai (8/20) and ranked fourth in the final standings.
This victory for Telšiai saw the team from the capital of Samogitia rise to third place. Both teams advanced directly to the quarterfinals.
In the first half of the match, control was in the hands of the hosts, who already had a double-digit lead after the first half (21:11). At the end of the second half, Deividas Rasys, Vilius Pocius and Laurynas Kaveckis each scored two points and Telšiai’s lead increased to 23 points – 48:25.
However, after a long break, Šarūnas Beniušis and Žygimantas Šimonis each scored three points, and after another long pitch, Rokas Ūzas scored 6 points – 47:53.
Midway through the decisive quarter, R. Ūzas scored another 3-pointers and “Sūduva-Mantinga” fell within 5 points (54:59), but L. Kaveckis scored points from below the basket, Gytis Sirutavičius and Ignas Razutis and Telšiai recovered. double digit advantage – 67:54.
However, the guests still haven’t given up.
R. Ūzas scored 5 points in a row, Rokas Stankevičius added two points and there were two minutes to play. Marijampolė’s deficit reached 4 points – 63:67.
On the other side of the field, I. Razutis made a successful foray towards the basket, R. Stankevičius took a penalty, and 18.3 seconds to go, I. Razutis also hit only one free kick, but that was enough for the victory of the Hosts.
Ž. The best performer of Marijampolė Ž. In 15 minutes, Šimonis scored 13 points (3/4 double, 2/3 trip., 1/1 penalty), 4 rebounds and 3 interceptions, 4 assists, 1 error and 21 utility points.
The team was not yet helped by Tomas Galeckas, who should be ready for the playoffs.
Telšiai: Vilius Pocius 17 (3/3 trit.), Ignas Razutis 12 (1/5 diat., 3/5 trit.), Gytis Sirutavičius 11, Deividas Rasys 10.
Sūduva-Mantinga: Žygimantas Šimonis 13 (3/4 dvit., 2/3 trit.), Rokas Ūzas 11 (1/8 dvit., 2/7 trit.), Tautvydas Kliučinykas 10 (3/10 dvit., 1/4 trit.) .
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