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Fans of “Rytas” handed out a huge poster before the game, which featured the new team leader. Coach Donald Kairis is surrounded by the inscription “Let the title theft begin”, and Vilnius residents, fired up by the loud support, faced a competitor who often causes many problems without mercy.
Julius Kalinskas / 15min photo / LKL match: Vilnius “Morning” – Utena “Juventus”
The first points of the match were scored by Juventus sniper Marius Runkauskas, but soon the Jeep Arena exploded for the first time from the noise: Chris McCullough loaded the ball into the basket with force after escaping a quick attack.
It was after this American breakout that Rytas took the lead in the second minute of the match, but at the end of the quarter, Utena’s players still had a slim lead behind Ignas Vaitkus’s colon. As it turned out, this was the last time Juventus took the lead.
Demetrius Jackson started the second half with 7 points in a row, and after Ch.McCullough, the three-point difference increased to double digits: 29:18.
However, Utena’s guests did not start “Ryto” far and after finishing the first half of the match more successfully, they were only 38:44 behind.
Immediately after the break, the difference fluctuated between 8 and 12 points for a while, while Andrew Goudelock and Arnas Butkevičius took the lead in the morning: they scored 9 and 5 points, respectively, in the second half and gave the capital club an advantage. of 22 points – 76:54.
Julius Kalinskas / 15min photo / LKL match: Vilnius “Morning” – Utena “Juventus”
The “morning” party continued into the latter half, which has now become a mere formality. At the start of the quarter, Vilnius scored another 11 points in a row and extended the streak to 28: 4 by an indecent difference: 87:54. The final seven minutes of the game were just a formality, and Jackson, who was close to a triple-double, had the most fun in the “Rytas” ranks.
Ryto players pulled out of the coronavirus pandemic in 2019-2020 just before the match. Season awards for second place at the Lithuanian championships.
Julius Kalinskas / 15min photo / LKL match: Vilnius “Morning” – Utena “Juventus”
At the end of the match, D.Kairys also threw Šarūnas Marčiulionas’s legendary son Augustus onto the court, which became his debut in the Lithuanian basketball league.
After losing two free throws, he opened his points tally with a three-point lead and finished the match with 3 points.
Julius Kalinskas / 15min photo / LKL match: Vilnius “Morning” – Utena “Juventus”
Estonian Kristjanas Kitsingas, who was urgently called to the place of Saulius Kulvietis, also made his Rytas team debut. Failed to score: The forward, who arrived in Vilnius less than a week ago, missed four shots in 10 minutes and scored -6 utility points.
Morning: Demetrius Jackson 18 (8th rev., 8 res., 29 helpful votes), Andrew Goudelock 15 (3/5 trit., 18 min.), Chris McCullough 12 (7th tr.), Rock Gustys, Arnas Butkevičius and Dovis Bičkauskis later out of 11, Martynas Echodas 9 (rev. 11), Mindaugas Girdžiūnas 8 (1/7 dvit.), Gytis Radzevičius 6.
“Juventus”: Ignas Vaitkus 15 (3/5 trit.), Vytautas Šulskis 14, Žygimantas Skučas 12, Julius Jucikas 10, Mindaugas Kupšas 9, Marius Runkauskas (11th rev.) And Martynas Gecevičius (2/11 trit., 5 tr.) Later Of 6.
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