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On Wednesday, the Panevėžys Lietkabelis team of the Lithuanian Basketball League (Betsafe-LKL) will raise their arms with the Utena Juventus team.
Gytis Masiulis
| MIN: | 27.85 |
| PTS: | 12.69 (60.45%) |
| REB: | 6.23 |
| AS: | 0.62 |
| ST: | 0.92 |
| BS: | 0.46 |
| TO: | 1.23 |
| GM: | 13 |
Currently, the students of Nenad Čanakas in the second position (9/4) feel the rivals: Vilnius “Rytas” has the same number of victories, but has suffered one more defeat, and the people of Utena have as many failures as “Lietkabelis” , but they have won at the same time, less: 8 wins and 4 losses.
The match on January 13 is a confrontation between two direct competitors. In the first round, Lietkabelis won at Utena after a tenacious fight – 78:76. Now Juventus is recording a series of 4 wins, and on Sunday at Alytus 97:82 they confidently defeated Dzūkija.
Gytis Masiulis, the tall man of Lietkabelis, emphasized to the official website of the team that the people of Utena are currently showing a good game and are expecting a difficult match.
“Right now, Juventus is really in good shape. I watched the Utena people’s match with” Dzūkija “, then the 3-pointers hit well, they played fights, they fought well under the baskets. We will go fight and try to save the game. second place. We are fighting for second place to have a home field advantage in the semifinals, “Masiulis said.
One of the most interesting microduels between Masiulis and Žygimantas Skučas will be in the field. Juventus’ big advantage has recorded impressive statistics in the last two games: 20.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 28.5 utility points.
“It is really difficult to play against Skuča, because he is not the cleanest player. We have to fight against everyone and respond with the same physicality,” Masiulis said.
Lietkabelis’ tall team took time to accelerate and get used to the new team, but now they show a great game and eight consecutive games to win at least 13 points and score at least 12 utility points, and during that period they register 16.2 points, 6.8 rebounds and averages of 22 points.
“I really needed time to catch up, I think every basketball player needs time on a new team. Now I’m in a hurry, the friends of the team share the ball better and it has become easier to compete, “said the interlocutor to” kklietkabelis.lt “.
Last week, Lietkabelis played two games with the Prienai CBet team in the Betsafe-LKL championship and shared the victory with the rivals. The people of Panevėžys will meet the people of Panevėžys again on January 16, but this will be the retaliation match of the Citadele King Mindaugas Cup (KMT) quarterfinal against which Lietkabelis has a reserve of 19 points.
“We came to Prienai on Wednesday too relaxed, because we won the KMT match by a big difference and we probably thought it would also happen in the LKL match. In the first match, we were less active and defensive, so we played. The dedication and the intensity was completely different in Saturday’s game, so we got the win, “said Masiulis.
Masiulis did not skimp on praise from his front row teammate George Gagic, highlighting the Serbian’s excellent view of the pitch: “This is a player who played at a high level and reads the game perfectly. Gagičius has a great view of the field and makes it easier for everyone to play. Gagic is a great guy who will benefit us even more. “
Lietkabelis is forced to compete without Paulius Valinskas, the defender of the starting five. Gytis Masiulis admits that the rotation has decreased and it was an opportunity to show the skills of Marius Valinskas: Marius shows that he is worth playing.
The people of Panevėžys, seeing Masiulis, Margiris Normantas and Gabrielė Maldūnas after cutting their hair short, jokingly asked where it would be possible to cut their hair in Panevėžys during quarantine. Masiulis said he did everything himself.
“We cut ourselves at home because we had agreed that we had to cut our hair a little,” Masiulis laughed.
The match between Lietkabelis and Juventus at the Cido stadium will begin on Wednesday at 6.15pm.
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