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December 19 4:45 PM
The final leg of the 3×3 world tour took place in Saudi Arabia, where even two teams from Lithuania proved their strength.
Šakiai “Vytis-Gulbelė” ended the month of March after the group stage and ranked ninth due to the number of points scored. Meanwhile, Utena’s Juventus-Uniclub Casino won Group D and continued to play in the playoffs.
Utena’s team represented in this tournament Vytautas Šulskis, Žygimantas Skučas, Ignas Vaitkus and Gintautas Matulis.
In the quarterfinals against the Amsterdam team, two shots in a row by V.Šulskis and the successful breakthrough of I.Vaitkus gave Utena’s team an early lead: 5: 1. After the opponents opened the basket, the shots lengths by V.Šulskis and I.Vaitkus helped hold the lead – 13: 7. G. Matulis’s colon brought the people of Utena closer to victory and the match was completed successfully. 20:15.
„Juventus-Uniclub Casino“: Ignas Vaitkus 6 (seventh chamber), Vytautas Šulskis and Gintautas Matulis 5 each, Žygimantas Skučas 4 (sixth chamber).
Amsterdam crew: Dimeo ven der Horst 7 (7 rebounds, 1/8 colon, 3/10 3-point), Arvin Slagter 5 (2/7 colon), Julian Jaring 3.
The semi-finals started badly for the Lithuanians: Limano’s team broke up quickly and Ž. The difference between the effective attacks of the teams did not change: 11:16. The Serbs, who maintained a high pace, eliminated the people of Utena after playing just eight minutes – 13:21.
Limano Team: Stefanas Kojičius 7 (2/7 colon), Stefanas Stojačičius (7 rep., 2/7 colon) and Aleksandaras Ratkovas (7 rep) After 5, Mihailas Vasičius 4.
„Juventus-Uniclub Casino“: Ignas Vaitkus 7 (5th chamber), Žygimantas Skučas 4, Gintautas Matulis and Vytautas Šulskis 1 each.
The town of Utena took third place in the tournament and won a prize of 28 thousand US dollars (USA).
