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At the United League tournament in St. Petersburg, the Lithuanian trio were impressively in the top four, but failed to cross the semi-final barrier.
Ours in the fight for a place in the final 14:21 landed Tri zvezdochki players from Russia.
In the middle of the duel, the Lithuanians closed in by 10:13, but then, after the referee’s foul, Žygimantas Skučas also called a technical foul.
Tri zvezdochki scored three unanswered points, extended the successful stretch to 6: 1 and brought the situation under control at 19:11.
Vytautas Šulskis scored 6 points, Skučas and Gintautas Matulis added 4 each.
Dainius Novickas, who replaced the injured Ignas on the Vaitkai team, scored no points.
In the quarter-finals, the Lithuanian team fell five points behind, but ended the match with an 8-0 win and a victorious shot from Vytautas Šulskis. 22:19 beat the Dutch team.
“I am very happy to have won,” Šulskis said live after the match.
“Force of Šulskis!” – Matulis intervened in Lithuanian.
“With the March 11!” – added Šulskis also in Lithuanian.
With two minutes remaining, the Dutch team led 19:14. Then Gintautas Matulis scored six points in a row and weighed the result (20:19).
The winning shot was scored by Šulskis, who was completely free in the two-point zone.
Decisive moments of the match:
Šulskis was the most productive of the Lithuanian team: he scored 10 points. Matulis added 9 points and Skučas scored 3 points.
There will be a total of four United League tours in St. Petersburg. In the top three, teams will score points and the top eight will advance to the final round.
The two qualifying rounds must include a team based on the Juventus team, and the other 3 × 3 team candidates must go to the other teams. National team coaches also plan to participate in the FIBA Masters tournament in Doha from March 26-27.
Live tournament:
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