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Photo: Dainius Lukšta
Photo Dainius Lukšta
Aurelijus Pukelis played an incredible match, and under his leadership Šakių „Vytis“ (11-3) celebrated victory in the NKL-VIKINGLOTTO championship.
Man of the match
The troops led by Erikas Kučiauskas are traveling 79:75 (22:26, 13:21, 21:11, 23:17) forced the Kaunas basketball players “Žalgiris-2” (13-6) to surrender.
Pukelis scored 40 points (17/20 doubles, 1/2 trip, 3/4 penalty) in 28 minutes, bounced 16 and took 4 balls, committed 5 errors, caused 7 fouls and scored 54 utility points.
The basketball player not only improved his personal performance and utility score records, but he also put on the most powerful show of the league season. The best achievement of the season so far was recorded by Noah Mineikis, when he accumulated 45 utility points.
54 efficiency points is the best result since 2016, when Gytis Masiulis scored 55 efficiency points.
The hosts still held a double-digit lead in the middle of the third quarter (58:48), but Vytis finished the fourth with 8 unanswered points – 56:58.
The young Žalgiris team, which got stuck in attack, failed to score 5 minutes in the fourth quarter, and the guests took advantage of it to make the 12: 0 (70:59).
However, Kaunas residents did not promise to raise a white flag. After two points from three points from Dominykas Stenionis and four points from Vitalijus Kozis, the teams are separated by just 1 point – 75:76.
The fate of the match was decided by none other than Pukelis, who played amazingly, hitting a triple in the decisive attack.
“Žalgiris-2”: Paulius Murauskas and Justinas Ramanauskas after 15, Mantas Rubštavičius 12.
“Vytis”: Aurelijus Pukelis 40 (17/20 doubles, 16 reps, 4 reps, 8 preliminaries, 21 useful points) and Kšištofas Lavrinovičius after 15.
Match summary:
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