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The Hoptrans 3×3 tournament, which took place in July, ended in Palanga on Saturday, and the winners received 15,000. EUR and a ticket to the FIBA Masters Series competition in Debrecen.
The teams that were considered favorites in the final met: Utena Juventus-Uniclub Casino and Šakiai Swan.
The Utena basketball players won the deciding game after a dramatic fight: 21:19.
The Utena team started the match more successfully, breaking 6: 1, but “Gulbelė” soon managed to catch up with the rivals and everything was decided at the end of the match.
Aurelijus Pukelis equalized the result 3 minutes before playing (17:17), and then weighted it again with a half hook: 18:17.
With Gulbele leading at 19:17, the hour dawned for Darius Tarvydas, who scored 4 points in a row and secured victory for his team – 21:19.
Darius Tarvydas was chosen as the MVP of the tournament. He scored 8 points in the final and was the most productive among the winners.
“I think the character, by not losing his mind, helped me win, and I said after the first round that the most important thing is to play my game for the full 10 minutes. We didn’t panic during rehearsal, we played our game and it was the key to victory, “said Tarvydas after the game.
Tarvydas Hoptrans 3×3, who has participated in more than one FIBA organized trio tournament, compared it to the Masters series competition.
It is unclear if all Juventus winning basketball players will participate in the FIBA Masters tournament in Debrecen in late August, but Tarvydas will definitely play in it.
“I really am like that,” Tarvydas asked about his involvement in Debrecen. Aurelijus Pukelis excelled at the Šakiai team with 11 points.
Juventus-Uniclub Casino: Darius Tarvydas 8, Ignas Vaitkus 5, Gintautas Matulis 5.
Vytis-Gulbelė: Aurelijus Pukelis 11, Šarūnas Vingelis and Marijus Užupis 3 each.
Panevėžys “Lietkabelis” ranked third in the tournament, in the small final 21:18 breaking “Šiauliai”.
Kostas Jonuška scored 8 points for the winners, Justas Furmanavičius added the same amount to the Šiauliai team.
Utena’s Juventus, who made it directly to the semifinals, were not afraid of the Šiauliai barrier, which they crossed with confidence. 21:13.
Darius Tarvydas, who played relentlessly in the winners’ ranks, scored 10 points, Vytautas Šulskis added 6. Evaldas Šaulys and Justas Furmanavičius scored 4 points each.
The favorites status was also justified by Šakiai’s “swan” in the semifinals 21:11 having established with Panevėžys “Lietkabelis”.
Šarūnas Vingelis scored 11 points for the winners, Ignas Lukošius added 7 for Panevėžys.
The tournament final will be played at 7 p.m.
Kaunas District took 5th place in the tournament. Tauras, who defeated Neptune of Klaipeda – 22:14.
The tournament quarterfinals were opened by the furious Kaunas district. Confrontation between Taurus and Šiauliai.
With 4 minutes to play, Šiauliai had a 4 point lead (15:11), but four points from Jonas Mačiulis matched the result – 15:15.
However, at the end of the match, Šiauliai did not bother, and the duel was closed by a long range shot by Aurimas Urbonas. 21:17.
Urbon, who became the hero of the match, scored 9 points, Antanas Udras added 5. Mačiulis, who scored 12 points, did not save the losers from failure.
There was no shortage of dramas in the final of the second quarter between Klaipėda Neptūnas and Panevėžys Lietkabelis.
Lietkabelis came forward at a crucial moment for David Rasis 19:17 broke Neptune’s resistance and advanced to the semifinals.
Rasys and Ignas Lukošius scored 7 points each for the winners, Arūnas Mikalauskas scored 6 points for the port city team.
In the first semifinal, Šiauliai will face Juventus Utena, and in the second we will see Šakiai’s Gulbelė meet Lietkabelis.
Pasvalys’ “Milk Stars” ranked seventh in the tournament, which during overtime 20:18 broke Dzūkija of Alytus.
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