Neptūnas, who toppled Lietkabelis, won a place in the LKL playoffs / News

At the end of the LKL regular season, Neptūnas from Klaipėda (13-21), who competed, won for the fourth time in a row and earned a playoff berth.

The students of Tomas Gaidamavičius showed their character in their square 83:73 (16:17, 25:19, 24:19, 18:18) defeated Panevėžys “Lietkabelis” (21-12) for the first time of the season and secured a place in the eight strongest.

For Klaipėda residents, this was the first win of the season against the club established in the top four.

Following Juventus de Utena’s defeat to Dzūkija Alytus (10-23) on Saturday, Klaipėda residents separated from Dzūkija in ninth place with three wins. Team Alytus has three games left to play, but Neptūnas have won three mutual series victories.

The journey battle with Vilnius “Rytas” awaits the Klaipėda teams on Tuesday, and the regular showdown with “Šiauliai” will end the regular season on Friday.

At the time, Juventus (21-14) were now equaling Lietkabelis with victories, but the Panevėžys people have played one game less and the fight for third place is still alive.

Lietkabelis acted without Kyle Vinales, who injured his wrist. The American is the most productive (16.9 points) and the team player who passes the most (4.9 points).

When Gytis Masiulis scored the penalties in the third quarter, Lietkabelis had a minimal advantage: 46:45. However, then the hosts won the section 11: 2 and took the initiative into their own hands – 56:48, and came out in the fourth quarter with a double-digit lead – 65:55.

Midway through the fourth quarter, Margiris Normantas hit a triple and tried to start Lietkabelis ‘comeback – 68:76, but Panevėžys’ team didn’t score a point in the remaining 4 minutes and 50 seconds – they scored three points on free throws.

“Neptune”: Deividas Gailius 19, Žygimantas Janavičius (8 res., 5 res.), Martynas Mažeika and Simas Galdikas – 12 each.

Lietkabelis: Vytenis Lipkevičius 17 (5/8 trit.), Paulius Valinskas 15, Margiris Normantas 14 (2/9 trit.), Džordže Gagičius 12.

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