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In the second half of the match, the referees distributed four technical fouls: they were won by Žydrūnas Urbonas, Utena’s substitute bench, Vaidas Kariniauskas and then Vytenis Lipkevičius. The latter had previously suffered a non-sports foul, so he did not return to the field of play.
The impressive performance was staged by Margiris Normantas, who recently demonstrated fantastic sporting form, scoring 23 points, dishing out 8 assists, taking 7 balls (the Betsafe-LKL record this season) and scoring 41 utility points. This number has not been recorded by any basketball player in the league this season.
Kyle Vinales, the defender of Panev defensažys, also played his best game. He has 19 points, 8 assists and 25 utility points on his account.
From the first minutes, a stubborn fight broke out on the field: the teams played fast and exchanged shots and errors. Panevėžys, led by K. Vinales, who scored 8 points, took the lead at halftime at 12:10. Then V. Kariniauskas, the organizer of the attacks in Utena, appeared on the parquet, and “Juventus” reconsidered the result and took the lead at 22:21 after ten minutes.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Lietkabelis stalled in attack, so Nenad Čanakas asked for a minute break, after which his pupils broke the ice, but midway through the half, Utena’s team kept going – 30:27 .
The successful game by M. Normantas finally allowed the Panevėžys team to escape and into the dressing room with a solid difference of 53:42, and even three technical fouls by Utena’s team, obtained in the last moments of the first half of the game. party, contributed significantly.
After a long break, the hosts did not slow down and continued to increase their lead – 61:44, but the points from Žygimantas Skučas and his teammates somewhat melted the deficit of Utena’s basketball players and after a few minutes it was only 4 points – 59:63. Still, Paulius Valinskas took the lead at that point and before the fourth quarter, Lietkabelis even increased his lead: 77:61.
In the last quarter, Utena’s team did not organize a more serious outbreak, and the final siren sounded and announced the undoubted victory of the Panevėžys club: 100: 79.
Waterproof: M. Normantas 23, K. Vinalesas 19, P. Valinskas 16, D. Gagičius 11, G. Maldūnas 8.
“Juventus”: Ž. Skučas and B. Crawford after 14, V. Čepukaitis after 10, M. Gecevičius and M. Kupšas after 8.
The people of Panevėžys also registered their perimeter leader Paulius Valinskas for the match, who was treated for three weeks.
In the first round, Lietkabelis won at Utena after a tenacious fight – 78:76.
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