Marčiulionis inspired the victory of “Morning” over “Lietkabelis” / News

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Augustas Marčiulionis, who shone in the brightest colors at the start of the third quarter, created Vilnius “Rytas” (12-5) for a major LKL championship win.

Giedrius Žibėnas students at home in the clash between the teams fighting for second place 78:72 (17:19, 21:20, 22:19, 18:14) broke Panevėžys “Lietkabelis” (11-5) and gained the victory advantage.

It is true that the people of Panevėžys have played one less game due to the confusing COVID-19 schedule.

Joining these teams is Juventus de Utena, which has 11 victories in 16 rounds.

After two halves, Rytas, who had minimal delay, went up immediately after a long break, inspired by Marčiulionis. The 18-year-old scored 11 points in just over four minutes, Vilnius ran 15: 3 and gained a double-digit lead: 53:42.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Kyle Vinales’ triple tied the score – 63:63, but then the Panevėžys people made a mistake twice in a row. Lukas Uleckas and Mindaugas Girdžiūnas scored five points during that stretch and Rytas retained the lead – 68:63.

Marčiulionis scored 17 points (5/7 doubles, 2/2 trit., 1/2 penalty) in 16 minutes, bounced 3 balls, made 3 assists and scored 19 utility points.

His +/– score was the best of the team (16).

In the second quarter, debuted Rapolas Ivanauskas made his debut for the capital club, committing a foul and scoring a utility score of -1 in the minute and a half.

For “Este”, it was the fifth consecutive victory.

“Tomorrow”: Augustas Marčiulionis 17, Lukas Uleckas 16, Mindaugas Girdžiūnas 14.

Lietkabelis: Kyle Vinales 15, Margiris Normantas and Vytenis Lipkevičius – 13 each, Gytis Masiulis and Paulius Valinskas (7th ed.). – After 9.

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