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Klaipėda “Neptūnas”, who won the dramatic thriller, continues to fight for the spot in the upcoming season in the FIBA Champions League.
Students of Tomas Gaidamavičius in the selection match in Bulgaria 77:73 (24:21, 16:17, 14:16, 23:19) defeated the London Lions basketball players and reached the final of the qualifying tournament.
In the final, the port city team will face the winner of the Balkan pair of Minsk Cmoki and Botevgrad.
In a point-to-point match, the winner of the match was decided at the end of the duel. With 3 minutes remaining, Klaidas Metrikis scored a triple, soon added two exact penalties and Neptūnas ran 10: 0 and gained a 6-point lead – 71:65.
Still, in another attack, Justin Robinson hit a triple and the referees gave Metrik a technical foul that became a disqualifying due to an unsportsmanlike foul. However, Džiugas Slavinskas scored from under the basket and regained a 5-point lead (73:68).
Then the Lions took a decisive assault. Matthew Bryan-Amaning scored in the penalty area, and Dirk Williams scored three points and, with 44 seconds remaining, the score was 73:73.
With 17.6 seconds left, Norbert Giga got the right to take free throws. The Neptūnas striker took both penalties and increased the team’s lead to 2 points (75:73).
During the decisive attack, Bryan-Amaningas lost the ball, and Martynas Mažeika, who was on the free throw line, made both shots in cold blood and consolidated the victory of Klaipeda – 77:73.
Slavinskas, who was the most useful player in the ranks, scored 15 points (3/3 doubles, 2/2 trit., 3/6 penalties), bounced 8 balls, made a mistake and scored 19 utility points.
“Neptuno”: Džiugas Slavinskas (3/3 double, 2/2 trit., 8th repetition) and Norbertas Giga (6/13 double) after 15, Martynas Mažeika (2/7 double, 0/4 trit.), Klaidas Metrikis and Giedrius Stankevičius (2/8 trit.) After 8.
Lions: Matthew Bryan-Amaning 16 (7/14), Justin Robinson 13 (2/7, 3/6), Byron Mullens 10.
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