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For the second time in the club’s history, the Utena club, which entered the final four of the Copa Rey Mindaugas, returns home empty-handed both times.
In the quarter-finals in Kaunas in 2017, Juventus beat Prienai Club in a bronze match, and this time they managed the Klaipėda Neptūnas men.
Neptune is the fourth in a row for the third year in a row. Only in the 2016 final in the capital did they get bronze.
If at the beginning of the semi-final match against “Lietkabelis” the soldier from Žydrūnas Urbonas was tense and during the first half the Utensians did not hit a long throw, then Žygimantas Skučas scored three points in the bronze match during the first attack.
Juve got off to a good start and already had a double-digit lead (18: 8) as the half went into the second half, which grew even faster in the second half and reached 19 points at one point (35:16).
However, Neptūnas, who praised Žalgiris in the semifinals, showed his character: Džiugas Slavinskas’ aggressive play and provoked fouls, as well as Norberg Giga’s sniper skills, quickly brought the port city team back into play (33 : 40).
The students of Tomas Gaidamavičius, who caught a good wave, immediately reduced the deficit to two points (38:40) immediately after the break, but this was the last bronze medalist from Klaipėda.
Juventus quickly accelerated 10: 0, regained a double-digit lead and did not come close to their rivals, and in the fourth quarter they began to crush their opponents and deservedly won bronze medals in the KMT tournament.
The winners of the match had difficulty hitting their target from long range (23%), but the opponents (25%) did not have the precision of shooting 3-pointers.
Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15 minute photo / Klaipėda “Neptūnas” – Utena “Juventus”
Juventus won the fight under the board (45:37), took more balls (9 against 2) and shared the ball better (19 assists against 14).
Mindaugas Kupšas was the most useful player in Uteniškės. The highest scored 19 points (9/13 dvit.), Caught 8 balls, made 2 blocks and scored 22 utility points.
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D.Slavinskas performed admirably for D.Slavinskas. The forward has 17 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 23 utility points.
Bronze medal winners will receive 15,000. cash prize, and for the team that ended up going down the stairs – 10 thousand. bonus in euros.
Utena Juventus: Mindaugas Kupšas 19, Vaidas Kariniauskas 15 (5th rep, 6 res, 19 p.), Vytautas Šulskis 13 (17 p.), Žygimantas Skučas and Bryantas Crawford (16 p. 4) after 11, Ignas Vaitkus 8 ( 7th chamber).
Klaipeda “Neptune”: Džiugas Slavinskas 17, Matas Jogėla 12, Norbertas Giga 10 (5th chamber), Benas Griciūnas 9 (11th section, 15 points), Žygimantas Janavičius (5th repetition) and Evaldas Šaulys 7 each.
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