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Photo: D.Lukšta
At the end of the match, Justinas Ramanauskas organized a solo performance and Kaunas “Žalgiris-2” led by him climbed to the quarterfinals of the NKL – VIKINGLOTT championship.
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Arvydas Gronskis students are on their way to the second match of the eighth final 93:90 (28:17, 18:25, 17:23, 30:25) defeated the Molėtai basketball players “Ežerūnas-Atletas” and won the series 2-0.
After defeating Molėtai, Žalgiris doubles will face team Telšiai, who won third place in the regular season, in the quarter-final series with up to 3 wins.
In the third quarter, the hosts had a double-digit deficit (42:53) but ran 23:10 and kept the initiative in their hands before the decisive quarter (65:63).
3 minutes before the end of the match, Molėtai went ahead with 3 points (83:80), but the guests, led by Ramanauskas, ran and their 2 long shots put Žalgiris ahead (46:85).
The Ežerūnas-Atletas’ next attack was inaccurate, and with 27 fines remaining, Vitalijus Kozys brought Kaunas closer to victory (91:85).
The hosts kept trying to save and after Airidas Giedraitis’ triple reached 2 points (90:92), soon Titas Sargiūnas took a penalty of two (93:90), and in the last attack Molėtai failed to launch a three-point .
The most productive hero of the match, Ramanauskas, who scored 18 points (4/5 dvit., 2/8 trit., 4/7 penalties) in 30 minutes, bounced 4 and lost 1 ball, had 8 assists and collected 23 of utility. points .points.
Modestas Žaunieriūnas’ impressive performance did not save Ežerūnas-Atletas from defeat. The defender scored 29 points in 34 minutes (1/2 double, 7/10 trit., 6/7 penalty), bounced 3 and took 1 ball, made 3 assists, made 2 errors and scored 29 utility points.
Ežerūnas-Athletes: Modestas Žaunieriūnas 29 (7/10 trit.), Evaldas Džiaugys 18 (5th ed.), Airidas Giedraitis 17.
“Žalgiris-2”: Justinas Ramanauskas 18 (2/8 trit.), Giedrius Bergaudas 16 (5 rev. Ch.), Titas Sargiūnas and Mantas Rubštavičius 15 each, Vitalijus Kozys 13 (8 rev. Ch.).
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