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On Saturday, the Lithuanian men’s basketball team said goodbye to the “Baltic Way” tournament dedicated to the centennial of Estonian basketball. After the failure against Estonia, the Lithuanians swept the Latvian team of young players 82:59 (23:12, 26:15, 10:19, 23:13) to their knees at the Saku Arena in Tallinn. Our team had an advantage of up to 25 points, but allowed opponents to reduce it to 8 in the third quarter.
The Lithuanians played in this match in ten, because Eimantas Bendžius left the national team camp for personal reasons. However, this did not prevent Lithuania from having fun with the Latvian third team.
Lithuanians exploded 7: 1 after the first few minutes. The Latvians attempted to escape with three points, but did not fall in love with them, and after the swift attacks by Darius Maskoliūnas’s army, the difference grew as in yeast.
At the end of the first quarter, the difference became double digits: 23:10, and in the second quarter it increased to 17-19 points. Finally, the team went to rest after Lithuania separated by 22 points – 49:27.
After two halves, our team led all statistical metrics: our team threw all pitches with 58 percent accuracy, and the Latvians only 30. Furthermore, Lithuanians reigned both under their own basket and under the baskets of the opponents, 24 balls were collected and the opponents, only 14.
In the third half, the Lithuanians led by 25 points, 52:27, but then stopped, Latvia sped up 2:19 and revived the intrigue.
However, Edgar Ulanov and Marius Grigonis put everything in its place: ours split again 62:46, 70:51 and the winner did not ask any questions.
Lithuania: Marius Grigonis 19 (4/6 triples, fifth section), Laurynas Birutis 13 (fifth section), Marekas Blaževičius 12 (ninth section), Mantas Kalnietis, Tadas Sedekerskis (sixth section).) And Lukas Lekavičius (7th ed.) after 7, Arnas Butkevičius 5, Rokas Jokubaitis 4, Edgaras Ulanovas 3.
Latvia: Kasparas Berzinis 22 (5/9 triples), Andris Misteras (6 rebounds) and Edgar Lasenbergas (1/4 triples) 9 each, Karlis Silinis 7.
Statistics
Latvia – Lithuania
Colones: 14/38 (36%) –22/42 (52%);
Three points: 8/30 (26%) – 9/17 (52%);
Fines: 7/13 (53%) –11/17 (64%);
Rebounds (in attack): 32 (11) – 47 (11);
Effective transfers: 13 – 20;
Errors: 7 – 13;
Balls intercepted: 10 – 6;
Blocks: 3 – 3;
Fouls: 19-18.
This was the first match for Latvia and the second for Lithuania. Estonia and Latvia will continue to compete on Sunday.
The Baltic Way International Tournament became the first in Europe after almost two months of quarantine due to a coronavirus pandemic.
On Friday, the Lithuanian basketball team recorded a loss for Estonia for the first time in history: the national team led by Darius Maskoliūnas lost to the hosts after overtime 85:92.
The Lithuanians were killed by former Žalgiris Kerras Kriisa, who scored 8 points from three points on 12 and scored a total of 26 points.
The Lithuanians could still win the match after four halves, but with the result 77:77 they failed in the last 25 seconds. throw victory points.
After a confrontation with Latvia, our country’s team ended the two-week camp, and the players will drive home on Sunday.
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