Lietkabelis, LKL bronze winner, crushed the remaining Juventus club without the expelled Skučas / News

Panevėžys “Lietkabelius” needed decisive series matches to win the bronze medal in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL), but his advantage in them was no longer in doubt.

Nenado Chanako’s pupils did not play at home 84:63 (22:17, 20:13, 18:14, 24:19) crushed Juventus de Utena, won the series 3-2 and finished third in the LKL season in the 2020-2021 season.

Panevėžys Club won LKL bronze medals for only the second time in club history. In 2017, Lietkabelis was adorned with silver.

The match was greeted by Juventus not only without Vaidas Kariniauskas and Ignas Vaitkus, who were being treated for injuries, but also without Bryantas Crawford, who was injured in the fourth match of the series.

After running out of the first minutes, Lietkabelis gained a double-digit lead in the first half of the match (42:30), and Juventus’s capitulation took place after the break: Žygimantas Skučas initially received a technical foul, and few minutes later. he was sanctioned and unsportsmanlike, which spelled the end of the season.

After this defeat, the hosts were violent 11: 0 (60:38), and all questions were answered at the end of the third quarter. Vytautas Šulskis called a technical foul and at the same time a fifth personal foul.

The last quarter became a procedure in which the team’s substitute basketball players managed to express themselves.

Margiris Normantas (5/8 dvit., 3/5 trit.) And Paulius Valinskas (3/10 dvit., 4/7 trit., 1/2 penalty) scored 19 points each.

Mindaugas Kupšas stood out in the ranks of Utena’s team, which added 14 points (6/11 doubles, 2/3 penalties), 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 20 utility points in 24 minutes.

Lietkabelis: Margiris Normantas (5/8 double, 3/5 trit., 3 per.) And Paulius Valinskas (3/10 double, 4/7 trit., 5 reps, 5 res. More), after 19, Panagiotis Kalaitzakis (2/6 trit., 3 reb.), Vytenis Lipkevičius (5/5 penalty, 7 reb.) After 11, Gytis Masiulis 10 (6/7 penalty, 6th rec., 3 rec., 4 cf .), George Gagičius 8 (4/8 diat., 11 rec.).

Juventus: Mindaugas Kupšas 14 (6/11 double, 9th chamber), Žygimantas Skučas 13 (2/7 double, 3/4 trit.), Vaidas Čepukaitis 8 (5th chamber), Gintautas Matulis (6th chamber), Marius Runkauskas (1 / 6 trit.) After 7.