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Photo: G.Šiupario
Photo G.Šiupario
The strongest Lithuanian 3×3 team did not reach the final of the first Hoptrans 3×3 tournament. Šakiai’s Vakis-Gulbelė team landed for the Utena Juventus-Uniclub team in the tournament semifinal on Saturday at 15:19.
All four of Darius Tarvydas, Žygimantas Skučas, Gintautas Matulis and Vytautas Šulskis led most of the match, taking the lead after an impressive three-point Tarvydas, rebounding one step back when the result became 12:10.
Skučas scored a powerful block at the end of the match.
In the final Utena Cup with the Kaunas district. Tauras team, who beat the Pasvalys “Milk Stars” team in the next semifinal 21:18.
The Vytis-Gulbelė team, which has the sixth ranking in the world, had problems in the quarterfinals: they only beat Panevėžys Lietkabelis at 19:18. In the last seconds of the duel, Lietkabelis center Ignas Lukošius was able to equalize the result, but lost below the basket.
Juventus-Uniclub eliminated Klaipeda’s Neptune in the quarterfinals at 17:12.
In the other two quarterfinals, Pieno Žvaigždės defeated Alytus’ Dzūkija 14:11, and Tauras, represented by Jonas Mačiulis, defeated Šiauliai 20:14.
Šakiai team striker Marijus Užupis triumphed in the sniper competition that took place before the semi-final stage, beating sniper Šiauliai Evaldas Šaulis 6-4 in the final. This was the best in the first stage, when he collected 6 accurate shots out of 10, when Užupis scored 5.
In Friday’s first tournament, 12 teams played in subgroup competition, followed by the 8 strongest teams. Of the subgroup winners, only Dzūkija failed to reach the semifinals.
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