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After making changes to the coaching headquarters, Vilnius Rytas (11-5) claimed the second Betsafe-LKL championship win in a week. The capital team led by Giedrius Žibėnas met with the basketball players from Šiauliai (4-10) on Saturday night.
The duel in Šiauliai ended with the victory of “Rytas” 86:78 (20:18, 23:24, 21:18, 22:18).
The intrigue in the arena of the city of Šiauliai was alive until the end of the match. Anatanas Sireika’s students showed a persistent struggle for a long time, they had a 9-point lead in the third quarter, but managed to hold it in just one minute.
The culmination of the duel moved to the decisive quarter, where two minutes before the end of the match, “Rytas” was already ahead by 12 points and it seemed that the issue of the winner of the match was already resolved. However, the people of Šiauliai, who showed their character, ran 0: 7, the shots of the capital team flew by and in the 45th minute they left the teams with 5 points (83:78).
One of the leaders of the Šiauliai team, Elvaras Maras Fridriksson, stopped taking free throws, but neither of them made it to the goal, and on the other side of the field, victory for Rytas was guaranteed by Dovis Bičkauskis, who scored a triple. . Shooting.
The most useful player of the capital team was captain Arnas Butkevičius, who scored 9 points, bounced 10 balls and had 7 assists. He was well assisted by Keith Benson (15 points), Ryan Boatrhigth (14 points) and D. Bičkauskis (14 points). Gytis Radzevičius added ten points.
Andy Van Vlietas, who scored 32 utility points, played an impressive game for the Šiauliai team. The Belgian scored 19 points and bounced 10 balls.
After this victory, “Rytas” caught up with Panevėžys “Lietkabelis” at the tournament table. It is true that Nenad Chanako’s troops still have a party in reserve. Šiauliai, in turn, with four victories remains at the end of the tournament table, in last place.
The first meeting of these teams in Vilnius ended in October with the victory of Rytas 107: 80. Overall, Rytas extended the six-year series of victories against the Šiauliai team. Solar City basketball players last beat “Rytas” in 2014 in April.
Šiauliai: Andy Van Vlietas 19 (10th rec., 32 points of use), Elvaras Fridriksson 16 (6th rec., 6 res., 7th grade), Kasparas Bėrzinis 11, Martynas Varnas 9
Morning: Keith Benson 15, Ryan Boatright and Dovis Bičkauskis after 14, Lukas Uleckas 11, Gytis Radzevičius 10.
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