“Juventus” and “Gulbelė” fell against the same competitor at the start of the World Championship / News

The march of two Lithuanian representatives in the world trios championship began painfully. Hoptrans 3×3 champion Utena Juventus and Šakiai Swan with identical result 17:21 fell against the same opponent, the NY Harlem team.

Juventus and Gulbelė will play the second and decisive group D match against each other. The duel begins at 6 pm 10 minutes. The top two teams from each group will enter the playoffs.

NY Harlem secured first place in the Lithuanian subgroup.

Direct drive:

“NY Harlem” – “Gulbelė” 21:17

With just over three minutes to go, Šakiai’s team went ahead at 14:12, but then lost the stage 5: 2 and launched the initiative – 16:17.

Dominique Jones then added a point with a foul, took a free kick and the Americans broke away – 7:16 pm. The duel was completed with a triple from Kidani Brutus – 21:16.

NY Harlem: Kidani Brutus and Dominique Jones 6 each, Joey King 5, Marcel Esonwune 4.
“Swan”: Marijus Užupis 9, Šarūnas Vingelis and Aurelijus Pukelis – 3 each, Paulius Beliavičius 2.

“NY Harlem” – “Juventus” 21:17

Utena’s people have already accumulated 5 team fouls in the first minute of the match, and after playing less than three minutes, this number increased to 10.

However, Juventus held the game and after playing a little more than three minutes, the result was a draw (12:12).

Gintautas Matulis, Ignas Vaitkus and Vytautas Šulskis each lost a free kick and Juventus were still 16:17 behind, just over 4 minutes.

Before long, Kidani Brutus noticed both penalties, Joey King scored from under the basket and NY Harlem was one step away from victory at 20:17.

Matulis had the opportunity to shoot two penalties again, but both shots flew by and the result remained the same.

NY Harlem: Kidani Brutus and Joey King after 7, Dominique Jones 4, Marcel Esonwune 3.
Juventus: Ignas Vaitkus 9, Gintautas Matulis 7, Darius Tarvydas 1, Vytautas Šulskis 0.

Juventus coach reaction: