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Photo: bcneptunas.lt/M.Baranauskas
Photo bcneptunas.lt/M.Baranauskas
Klaipėda “Neptūnas” finished the marathon of friendly matches with victory against “Šiauliai”, and the official Betsafe-LKL season will start at home on Friday.
Port city basketball players triumphed in the last control match against sun city basketball players 84:66 (24:21, 13:15, 22:13, 25:17).
The victorious advantage was obtained by the residents of Klaipėda in the decisive neighborhood. After the first two halves, Neptūnas led with a minimum advantage of 37:36. The result was the same at the beginning of the last quarter: 61:61.
Then the army of Tomas Gaidamavičius ran 14: 0 and fled safely from Šiauliai. At the end of the match, Neptūnas’ lead reached a record 20 points.
Facing his former team, Evaldas Šaulys managed to add 16 points (5/5 doubles, 1/2 trit., 3/3 penalties) in 17 minutes, recapturing 4 and taking 2 balls, making 2 assists, blocking a shot and collect 24 utility points.
In the fight for the balls, Blue and White won 43-33, and according to penalty points, Šiaulius overcame 40-18. Neptūnas made 25 assists, while Antanas Sireika’s students made 10 assists.
Playing time was still limited to forward Matt Jogel, who was being treated for a minor injury.
In the preparation stage, the people of Klaipėda won 3 victories and suffered 2 defeats. In the first match 68:77, the students of Tomas Gaidamavičius lost against the team “Prometey” from Kamianskė of Ukraine, who beat 80:76 a couple of days later. In the third control match, “Neptūnas” in Pasvalys fell 67:70, but a few days later in Palanga after the launch of Žygimantas Janavičius 76:74 they beat Panevėžys “Lietkabelis”.
The official season of the port city team will begin next Friday, when basketball players from Alytus “Sintek-Dzūkija” will visit the “Švyturys” stadium. The match starts at 7 pm
“Neptuno”: Evaldas Šaulys 16 (5/5 doubles), Džiugas Slavinskas 13 (4/5 doubles), Tadas Pažėna, Klaidas Metrikis and Giedrius Stankevičius (3/7 trit., 5th repetition) After 9, Simas Galdikas 8, Martynas Mažeika 7 (5th grade), Žygimantas Janavičius 5 (10th set), Norbertas Giga (8th set) and Aidas Einikis 4 each.
“Šiauliai”: Aurimas Urbonas 13, Denis Krestininas 12 (sixth chamber), Ryan Anderson 11.
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