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In the Regional Basketball League (TOPsport-RKL), 25 games were played last week. In Division B, most teams have already finished the regular season and are preparing for the playoffs and the final four of the TOPsport Cup this coming weekend. At that time, in Division A, Vilnius Rivile became the first team to secure a place in the quarterfinals. About this and other important league news, in the weekly review.
Division A is an open question for the regular season winner.
In the regular season of the TOPsport – RKL A division, teams still have 3 to 8 games to play in the regular season, and there are many unanswered questions.
It is not yet clear which team will finish first in the regular season. Vilnius Rivile is currently in first place (21-5). Mindaugas Noreika students last weekend 80:87 (17:20, 24:22, 19:16, 20:29) lost in the Kaunas district. Omega (12-10, ninth place).
The Tadas Klimavičius star, who has experience in the Euroleague, was the brightest of the match. The 38-year-old veteran scored 26 points in 30 minutes (10/16 doubles, 1/1 trit, 3/5 penalty), bounced 11 balls, made 6 assists, made 5 errors, committed 4 times, provoked 6 fouls and scored 34 utility points. Karolis Brusokas scored 14 points and 20 utility points for the losers.
The season leaders in Saturday’s game 91:61 (25:12, 20:20, 13:18, 33:11) left no hope for the “Olympus” of Ukmergė (8-18, 12th place).
Frontline players shone again on both teams: Brusokas scored 24 utility points for the winners, and Augustinas Mikštas, who accumulated 29 points, pushed the Olympus train forward.
Rivile has 4 games left to play in the regular season: with LCC (7-15), Olimp de Plungė (17-10), Biržai (14-12) and Kėdainiai (13-10).
Vilnius Club became the first to secure a place in the TOPsport – RKL quarterfinals. Rivile will no longer fall below 4 places, and this is how many teams will advance directly to the quarterfinals. At that time, the teams that ranked 5-12 in Division A will compete in the final eighth series.
Kretinga wants to be the first
Kretinga mentions the capital’s basketball players on their heels (19-5, 2nd place). Arimantas Mikaločius students had 2 victories this weekend. On Friday, the residents of Kretinga 87:81 (20:23, 23:15, 24:22, 20:21) broke “Tauragė” (14-10, fifth place).
The “Kretinga” symbol Domininkas Matutis scored 18 (2/3 double, 3/6 trit.) Points and scored 21 utility points. He was well assisted by Vytautas Šarakauskas, the port of the European Cup and the gunpowder of the Euroleague. The 39-year-old had near-perfect precision in 22 minutes: he hit all 3 shots with two points, both three points, and 5 free throws of 6 (17 points total). The veteran also had 5 rebounds, 3 errors, 4 fouls, 4 fouls, and finished the game with 19 utility points.
Gvidas Galinauskas, who scored 25 utility points, stood out in Tauragė.
Kretinga also won on Saturday, when 95:66 (33:22, 16:19, 20:19, 26: 6) got along well with the Kėdainiai Sports Center.
The first violins of the meeting were played by the trio of Kretinga Rytis Zabita (18 users), Vytautas Šarakauskas (19) and Rokas Šimkevičius (21). They scored 58 of the team’s 119 utility points. Medas Kuprijanovas, who put on a 32-point performance of utility, shone for the Kėdainiai team.
After a successful weekend, Kretinga forward Karolis Opulskis, who interacted with TOPport-RKL TV, said: “It was one of the most important weekends of the whole season, because we desperately want to be first in the table and have the advantage over the playoffs. We like to take advantage of our place and have caught a good wave. I hope that with that wave we will reach the end. “
“Kretinga” has great chances to finish first in the tournament table. The club has 2 more games to play than Rivilei. “Kretinga” will play with “Raseiniai” in March (17-7, 3rd place), darkart with Kėdainiai, with Panevėžys “Bangene-Aivera” (4-20, 16th place), Vytautas Magnus University (14-12, 6th place), LCC and Omega.
Currently, the third is Raseiniai and the fourth is Olimpas de Plungė. If the regular season ended now, LCC, Prienai CBet-KKSC (7-18) would remain behind the playoffs, and LSU-Athlete (5-18) and Bangenė-Aivera would leave the elite division and compete in Division B below. . year.
The regular season of TOPsport – RKL Division A will end on March 31st.
Division B has 3 clear final eighth pairs
In group B of division B, where 9 teams compete, the regular season is over. Jurbarkas (15-1) triumphed here, Radviliškis-ŠSPC (13-3) came second and Šiauliai Saulė-SG (9-7) took third place.
Pakruojis “Lygumai-ŽŪB” (9-7), who had the same number of victories and suffered the same number of defeats, came fourth, ranking fifth in the Kuršėnai district. Grafų Furniture (8-8) and Klaipėda VKKM-Neptūnas (7-9) finished sixth. It was these six teams that advanced directly to the eighth final.
A beautiful and persistent fight took place in Klaipeda, where basketball players from VKKM-Neptūnas and Saulė-SG met. Victory after an emotional struggle 67:64 (17:15, 18:19, 21: 7, 23:11) came to the people of Šiauliai.
Klaipėda’s team endured a spurt in the fourth quarter and were able to equalize the result with the last shot, but the shot did not reach the goal.
Jonas Paukštė scored 18 points (9/10 doubles) for the winners in 22 minutes, bounced 10 balls and scored 29 utility points.
Kornelijus Zikas scored 25 and Matas Staponas 22 utility points for the port city team.
“After the first round, we already started to believe that we can take third place. In the eighth final of the rival -club Jonava- we have not analyzed it yet, but I know several of their players and coach. The cup match is still there. waiting, so we move forward step by step, ”said Šiauliai’s coach Laimonas Kutra.
The teams that took 7-9 places at that time – “Kupiškis” (6-10), “Gargždai-2” (3-13) and Raseiniai KKSC (2-14) – for the ticket to the eighth final against the 8 -Teams of groups of 10 B.
In Group B, where 10 teams compete, 4 clubs have already finished their regular season, and the rest will have to play 1-2 games.
First place was secured by Kazlų Rūda SC “Ataka” (17-1), he will not change position and second place will remain Kaunas “Žalgiris-3” (16-1). At that time, Alytus SRC Dzūkija (12-4) still has two matches in reserve and may win third place. Thanks to her, the students of Osvaldas Kurauskas are fighting with Anykščiai “Elmis” (12-6), which will not increase their victory. Dzūkai will finish the regular season with the teams “Žalgiris-3” and Jonava “CBet-2” (8-9).
The center of the table has been occupied by Vilnius Rytas-MRU-VKM (11-7) before, Jonava’s basketball players will not change position and sixth place will be occupied by Kaišiadorys Savingė (5-13). The teams of Ignalina Vilkakalnis (2-15), Lithuanian Deaf Sports Club (2-15) and Marijampolė SC (1-15), which occupied 8-10 places at the time, will still have to fight for the last and highest. He mentioned three teams from group A.
The Marijampolė SC basketball players, who achieved a psychologically important first victory, have the ideal conditions to improve their positions, as they will play the last two games with the neighbors of the table – “Vilkakalnis” and LKSK.
The students of Domas Kriščiūnas achieved their first victory on Saturday, when they were at home 93:90 (31:20, 25:24, 18:22, 19:24) broke “Savingė” by Kaišiadorys.
It is interesting that on Friday the teams met at Kaišiadorys and then the hosts celebrated a convincing victory: 100: 52 (35:14, 24:11, 22:21, 19: 6).
Still, in Saturday’s duel, Karolis Šukys and Adas Valavickas, who had healed their ankle injuries, joined Marijampolė’s team. Returning to the rotation, the players in the five starters helped clinch the first win of the season. Mantas Varnagiris (31 utility points), Šukys (30) and Tomas Badokas (24) contributed the most. This trio scored up to 85 of the team’s 88 utility points.
Rokas Kabašinskas organized the 31-point utility performance at “Savingė”.
Division B remains clear with 3 of 8 couples in the eighth final. Saulė-SG will fight CBet-2, Pakruojis will play Rytu-MRU-VKM and Radviliškis will fight Savinge.
The Division B regular season will end next week.
The last participant of the TOPsport Cup final four will be announced on Monday night. For a March 11-13 ticket. Basketball players from Atakos and Saulė-SG will fight in Jurbarkas for the fourth time. The winners will face Radviliškis in the semi-finals. The next pair of semi-finals will consist of hosts Jurbarkas and Žalgiris-3.
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