M.Kupšas attacked brutally, but Lietkabelis took third place from Utena



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Kyle Vynales participated in the second half of the match and the guests led by Lietkabelis beat Utena Club for the fourth time this season.

The American not only scored 25 points and had 7 assists, but collected them at a particularly important moment.

His layup pass and Dorde Gagičius’ placement led Panevėžys’ team 2 points ahead in the penultimate minute, and with less than a minute to play, K. Vynales’ difficult colon doubled the difference.

“The victory is very important, because Utena was standing next to the table,” emphasized Bynales on BTV.

Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / Kyle Vinales

Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / Kyle Vinales

Utena’s basketball players made a mistake in attack at a crucial moment, and the referee called a technical foul on Martynas Gecevičius just before the final answering siren.

The impressive play of Mindaugas Kupšas did not save the Utena club. The midfielder scored 27 points, reaching 10 points from two points.

In Saturday’s game, Lietkabelis opened by a double-digit difference (15: 3) in the opening minutes of the game, and the biggest lead was 13 points.

However, Utena’s team led by Žydrūnas Urbonas returned to the fight and outplayed the guests in the third quarter, so the persistent fight dragged on until the last minute.

Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / Žygimantas Skučas

Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / Žygimantas Skučas

Greek Panagiotis Kalaitzakis made his debut in this match between the Panevėžys club. A 22-year-old Greek who scored from Kėdainiai in Nevėžys after 13.7 points left for Panevėžys a week ago to replace the injured Margiris Normantas, and appeared on Saturday in a Lietkabelis jersey and in 21 minutes. scored 5 points.

Team leader Vaidas Kariniauskas was unable to help Juventus due to injury.

“Juventus”: Mindaugas Kupšas 27 (10/10 dvit.), Žygimantas Skučas 11, Martynas Gecevičius and Ignas Vaitkus 10 each;

Raincoat: Kyle Vynales 25, Gabrielius Maldūnas 14, Dorde Gagičius 13, Gytis Masiulis 12.

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In the next LKL match, Pasvalys’ Milk Stars (10-14) broke the Prienai CBet (9-16) 76:71 (18:25, 16:16, 26:16, 16:14).

The Pasvalys team led by Gediminas Petrauskas thus defended their fifth position, and the Prienai Club was sixth.

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“CBet”: Egidijus Dimša 14, Dominykas Domarkas, Einaras Tubutis and Justinas Dogminas 11 each;

“Milk stars”: Tomas Lekūnas 23, Paulius Petrilevičius 14, Jahensas Manigat 13.

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On Saturday, in the third LKL game in Alytus, eighth place Dzūkija (7-15) marked the return of Valdemaras Chomičius to the team’s coaching staff.

The Dzuks coached by Nikola Vasiljev at home 87:76 (29:20, 24:25, 20:19, 14:12) beat Kėdainiai’s Nevėžis (7-17).

Giedrius Staniulis scored as many as 29 points for the winners, 13 points out of two of 16, and Kristupas Žemaitis managed a double-double: not only did he score 20 points, but he also made 10 effective passes.

The Alytus club thus kept the eighth place, leaving behind the Kėdainiai club led by Marius Kiltinavičius.

Dzūkija: Giedrius Staniulis 29 (4th ed.), Kristupas Žemaitis 20 (10th ed.), Paulo Marinelli and Matas Jucikas 9 each, Artūras Jomantas 8 (7th ed., 8th ed.).

Nevėžis-Optibet: Sedrickas Barefieldas 17, Julius Jucikas 16, Rafelis Freire Luzas 15, Julius Kazakauskas 8 (13 sec.).



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