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Photo: G.Šiupario
Photo G.Šiupario
The Utena Juventus-Uniclub team triumphed in the first Hoptrans 3×3 tournament this summer in Palanga. Darius Tarvydas, Žygimantas Skučas, Gintautas Matulis and Vytautas Šulskis quartet in the final 21:11 he passed the Kaunas district represented by Jonas Mačiulis. Taurus team.
It didn’t even take all the time in the successful game, when Utena’s team scored 21 points in 6 minutes of play.
They had a victorious start when they scored 6 points in a row and fled 15: 8.
Tarvydas was the most productive player in the deciding match, scoring 7 points. Šulskis added the same, Skučas scored 5 points.
“We played a team game, I hit free several times and a lot,” Tarvydas said after the final. “Our strength was team play.”
Juventus-Uniclub scored 100 points for winning the first round.
Points earned will be added to the three stages of the Hoptrans 3×3 tournament, and the 8 teams with the most points will advance to the final stage.
In the semifinals, the Utena team eliminated the strongest Lithuanian team, the basketball players Šakiai “Vytis-Gulbelė”, at 19:15. Utena’s team led most of the match and took the lead after an impressive Tarvydas triple, bouncing back a step when the result became 12:10.
Skučas scored a powerful block at the end of the match.
The Tauras team defeated the Pasvalys’ Milk Stars team in the next semifinal 21:18. Pasvališkės was fourth in the final standings, and Vytis-Gulbelė was third.
The Vytis-Gulbelė team, which has the sixth ranking in the world, had problems in the quarterfinals: they only beat Panevėžys Lietkabelis at 19:18. In the last seconds of the duel, Lietkabelis center Ignas Lukošius was able to equalize the result, but lost below the basket.
Juventus-Uniclub eliminated Klaipeda’s Neptune in the quarterfinals at 17:12.
In the other two quarterfinals, Pieno Žvaigždės defeated Alytus’ Dzūkija 14:11, and Tauras defeated Šiauliai 20:14.
Šakiai team striker Marijus Užupis triumphed in the sniper competition that took place before the semi-final stage, beating sniper Šiauliai Evaldas Šaulis 6-4 in the final. This was the best in the first stage, when he collected 6 accurate shots out of 10, when Užupis scored 5.
In Friday’s first tournament, 12 teams played in subgroup competition, followed by the 8 strongest teams. Of the subgroup winners, only Dzūkija failed to reach the semifinals.
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