Battle for second place in LKL: Vilnius “Rytas” – Panevėžys “Lietkabelis”



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“Rytas” and “Lietkabelis” are the neighbors of the classification with 11 victories.

It is true that the people of Panevėžys have played one less match and currently have one less defeat, so they are in second place.

Both clubs face an important battle of the season in good spirits: Lietkabelis has achieved three consecutive victories in the LKL championship, and Rytas, shocked by the changes, has won four.

By the way, the new man from Vilnius. Coach Giedrius Žibėnas has never stumbled into this position: he has won three matches, including this week’s victory in the FIBA ​​Champions League against the Strasbourg club, after Donald Kairis left, and triumphed twice more when D Kairys was expelled from the match and missed an extra match. disqualification.

In this match, the LKL runners-up should get an extra centimeter in the penalty area: at the beginning of the week, the Vilnius team was replenished with a 22-inch, 208-cm tall forward, Rapolas Ivanauskas, who has only competed in the NCAA. championships so far.

“When the coach changes, there is always a moment when the team is shocked, more emotions are brought in, because the players themselves want to show the coach something. Now Rytas plays with more energy and more desire. We all know the importance of the match and “Rytas” is always a principled opponent for us. It is necessary to win and establish second place, “Paulius Valinskas told the kklietkabelis.lt portal about the competitors.

The hosts dominated the first team clash in Panevėžys: they won 78:59.

The course of the match

After halfthe: Vilnius morning – PanevėžysRain cable17:19

9 min. “Raincoat”, who had been chasing for nine minutes, lunged forward for the first time after T.Barnes’ long shot (17:19), and G.Žibėnas was forced to call for a match.

8 min. Only after going to the field, L. Uleckas has a three-point mark, but does not work on defense, he fails M. Normantas to the basket (17:16).

7 min. A second, third ball bounced on the attack during an attack and finally M.Pacevičius (14:12). G.Radzevičius is dealing with balls like a lion.

6 min. M.Normantas and K. Vinales are also quickly racking up points in the Panevėžys ranks. Equality so far (12:12)

5 minutes. The highest scores so far go to the young A.Marčiulionis; this time the player makes a great pass to K. Benson, and he just has to load the ball into the basket (10: 7).

3 min. At the moment, all the invited points are accumulated by G.Masiulis, but the advantage is returned to his club by A.Marčiulionis, who scored three points (7: 4).

1 minute. The hosts are shaking the basket during their first attack: G.Radzevičius has a powerful pass (2: 0).

Five in the morning: Augustas Marčiulionis, Mindaugas Girdžiūnas, Gytis Radzevičius, Arnas Butkevičius, Keithas Bensonas.

Lietkabelis starting five: Kyle Vinales, Margiris Normantas, Vytenis Lipkevičius, Gytis Masiulis, George Gagičius.

The meeting will begin at 5:20 pm



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