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Vilnius Rytas (4-0), who has been suffering a lot on Friday afternoon, continues to march undefeated in this Betsafe-LKL championship. The capital club, which survived the drama, defeated basketball players Alytus “Dzūkija” (1-3) who showed their character on the trip.
The duel at Alytus ended with the victory of “Rytas” 90:80 (24:18, 17:20, 24:18, 25:24).
The intrigue was alive in the game until the last minutes, but in the decisive moments the question of the winner was resolved with the accurate long shot of “Rytas”.
Andrew Goudelock and Arnas Butkevičius scored three points a minute later, Rokas Gustys scored under the basket and Vilnius residents escaped with nine points (89:80), and Alytus had very little time to escape.
For the American A. Goudelock, it was the best game of this season Betsafe-LKL: the sudden basketball player of the capital club scored 21 points, added 2 rebounds and 2 assists.
It is true that “Rytas’s” victory at Alytus was not determined by individual performances, but by a team fight for bounced balls. Bounce statistics attest to the complete dominance of Vilnius residents – 43:23 “Rytas” also reached this season’s record: the team bounced 19 balls under the opponents’ basket.
The Alytus club scored even more accurately (55% vs 52%) and attacked from a distance from a distance (40% vs 38%), but the second chances of Donald Kairis’s students did not allow the Alytus to think about victory when was necessary. above all, in the decisive moments of the game.
There was no shortage of effective and efficient personal performances at Alytus.
It was as if Simas Jasaitis, who shone in his best times, scored 17 points, bounced 5 balls and added 2 assists, and collected almost all of these indicators in the first two halves.
Furthermore, Tom Pačės, who has played in the LKL league since 2017, scored two points for the first time in his career in this duel. Dzuk’s young basketball player did it with impressive style: during the serve, the referees also recorded the foul by Demetrius Jackson.
Thomas Dziagwa, an American from the Dzūk team, played his best game in Lithuania, scoring four long shots and scoring 12 points.
The most profitable player (MVP) of the month of September, the American D. Jackson D. Jackson added another good performance to his account, accumulating 14 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.
Eight minutes before the end of the game, T. Dziagwa again weighed the result in favor of Dzūkija for the first time with a precise triple (66:65).
It is true that the Dzuks were in front only a few moments, because on the other side of the field, K. Kitsing took three free throws, the Vilnius residents defended and A. Goudelock scored a triple (71:66).
As soon as the second half of the match began, “Rytas” began running at a promising pace in front of his rivals: In the first minute of the quarter, Martynas Echodas made an impressive ground-to-air pitch, Andrew Goudelock threw one, Martynas Girdžiūnas threw two free throws and the capital club advanced 49:40.
Later, Arnas Butkevičius added a three-point lead, M. Echodas scored two easy points from under the basket and Rytas already counted the 12-point lead (54:42). True, this was far from being a guarantee of victory, since the Dzuks, who had shown their character, transferred the great intrigue to the decisive half, against which the capital club took nine points (65:56).
Dzūkija: Simas Jasaitis 17, Artūras Jomantas, Matas Jucikas and Thomasas Dziagwa (4/5 trit.) After 12, Paolo Marinelli 10.
Morning: Andrew Goudelock 21, Demetrius Jackson 14, Arnas Butkevičius 11 (camera 8), Martynas Echodas 10.
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