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The match between the Panevėžys Lietkabelis and Prienai CBet teams, which started the Betsafe-LKL season in a spectacular way at the Cido Arena, was a great surprise. In the second part of the match, the Prienitas resisted the impulse of the hosts and triumphed 87:84 (26:17, 24:28, 16:27, 21:12).
Even before the match, the hosts were served with 2019-2020. Betsafe-LKL season bronze medals and third place cup. The awards were received by the basketball players who played in the team last year: Paulius Valinskas, Vytenis Lipkevičius, Margiris Normantas, Tadas Vaičiūnas and Gabrielius Maldūnas.
Until the break of the match, there was a real points race on the parquet: both teams scored almost a hundred points together, attacking with more than 50 percent accuracy, and Gytis Masiulis and Egidijus Dimša played the first violins in their clubs.
CBet basketball players were less affected by the initial excitement. Regimantas Miniotas scored 6 points, 5 added by Marquis Wright and led 13: 5 midway through the half.
After a minute of rest, the game flattened a bit: the teams exchanged precise shots, but Prienai’s team kept the advantage and led by the successful attacker E.Dimša finished the first half with a 9-point lead (26: 17).
At the start of the second half, Lietkabelis improved his accuracy, but CBet also found ways to score points, thanks to the efforts of E.Dimša and Tomas Digbeu, the Prienai team led by 39:30.
When the second part moved on to the second part, P.Valinskas, G.Masiulis and V.Lipkevičius stabbed a distant shot and the residents of Panevėžys began to breathe on the backs of the guests. However, E.Dimša continued his profit and the teams went to the locker room with the leaders leading 50:45.
After the break, the Panevėžys basketball players returned to the field determined to break up the match. Midway through the half, they maintained an impressive section – 21: 2 and for the first time in the match (68:59). This streak was started by Kyle Vinales, who scored 12 points in the third quarter alone.
In the last quarter, CBet matched the result again after 75 minutes by R. Miniotas (75:75). The last five minutes of the game were point by point. When the match reached its climax, the Prienai basketball players kept their nerves colder. They led 87:84 after M. Wright’s pitch and, fending off the host’s decisive attack, rejoiced in the victory.
Waterproof: G.Masiulis 15, P.Valinskas and K.Vinalesas after 13, M.Maričius and M.Normantas after 12.
“CBet”: R.Miniotas 19, E.Dimša 16, M. Wrightas 14, M.Sušinskas 13.
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