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Club Panevėžys “Lietkabelis” (1/5) failed in group C of the European Cup. Nenad Chanako’s students after a forced three-week break in travel 90:94 (18:29, 20:23, 24:20, 28:22) the Lokomotiv-Kuban team (6/2) from Krasnodar, represented by two Lithuanians, landed.
In this duel, Lietkabelis played without two of his most useful players: Gytis Masiulis and Marinas Maričius. For the first time this season, Marius Valinskas was injured. Tadas Vaičiūnas also had the first opportunity.
Lietkabelis started the match a little better (4: 2), but a few minutes later Lokomotiv-Kuban went ahead 7: 6. Here, the hosts won the match 12: 1 and obtained a double-digit lead for the first time: 19: 7 At the end of the quarter, the Panevėžys people managed to stabilize the situation and after the first ten minutes of play they were left behind. 18:29.
After 4 minutes in the second quarter, Lokomotiv-Kuban broke even more – 39:22. Several successful attacks by Lietkabelis made it possible to alleviate the delay (29:42), which almost did not change even in the middle of the game – 38:52.
After the big break, the picture did not change for 5 minutes: the Russian club continued to control the situation 68:52. However, Lietkabelis was unwilling to push the rivals any further and responded with a successful stretch, which allowed the deficit to be cut almost in half – 60:70. It stayed that way even after playing three halves: 62:72.
Lietkabelis, who successfully started the last section, returned the intrigue: 70:77. Immediately, Lokomotiv-Kuban answered 8: 0 in his section and broke again – 85:70. Despite the small turnover, the people of Panevysžys managed to recover once again, when they scored 8 unanswered points and scored 6 points – 86:92. After defending, the guests had a chance to get closer, but they made a mistake. It is true that the Lokomotiv-Kuban attack also failed, and Paulius Valinskas, who was arrested 18 seconds later, issued both fines: 88:92. Lietkabelis was forced to break the rules, and Jordan Crawford (94:88) took his penalties here, consolidating his team’s victory.
Lokomotiv-Kuban: Mindaugas Kuzminskas 20 (3/5 triples, 23 points), Jordan Crawford 17 (3/8 triples), Stanislav Ilnickis 13 (3/3 triples), Reggie Lynch and Will Cummings 10 … Kalnietis blankets 6 (11 res.)
Waterproof: Margiris Normantas 23 (4/5 triples, 8 rebounds, 5 res.) And Kyle Vinales (1/4 of three points, 4 res.) After 12, Erikas Venskus 9 (2/3 triples), Vytenis Lipkevičius 8 (2/3 triples, 16 points).
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