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Vilnius Rytas (5/11) credited his account to the Lithuanian Basketball League (Betsafe-LKL) for the fourth time in a row.
The troops of Giedrius Žibėnas in the guests as a result 86:78 (20:18, 23:24, 21:18, 22:18) surpassed priority outsiders “Šiauliai” (4/10).
Currently, the people of Vilnius have won as many victories as Panevėžys “Lietkabelis” (11/4), which is one notch higher.
Match progress:
In the first minutes, the initiative was taken by the hosts, who led 7: 2 after the colon of Elvar Fridriksson. However, in the second half of the quarter, the Vilnius people started to work more solidly on defense and after the successful attack by Gytis Radzevičius broke out – 16:14. After the first 10 minutes, “Rytas” got ahead of the result. 20:18.
In the second half, there was also a persistent fight: Andy Van Vliet threw a long shot and Šiauliai was again in the lead – 31:29. Guests responded with 6 unanswered points, but Legionnaire Šiauliai from Belgium continued to play successfully. Before the long break, the Vilnius club had only a one point advantage and were ahead 43:42.
The hosts ran in the middle of the third quarter and broke at 58:49. It is true that Ryan Boatright, Arnas Butkevičius and Lukas Uleckas brought “Rytas” closer until finally, 2 minutes earlier, A. Butkevičius himself restored the team’s 1 point lead – 61:60. L. Uleckas finished the half with three points and then the Vilnius team went ahead 64:60.
The capital club improved its defense and was able to break by double digits, but veteran Mindaugas Lukauskis made an impressive block. Šiauliai began to make mistakes often until in the 37th minute he had little chance of escape: 71:81. Boyatright’s failed game and fast-paced E. Friedrichson restored the intrigue, yet Iceland lost two important free throws in the last minute. The Vilnius club won with the result 86:78.
Šiauliai: Andy Van Vlietas 19, Elvaras Fridriksson 16, Kaspars Birzinis 11.
Morning: Keith Benson 15, Ryan Boatright 14, Lukas Uleckas and Dovis Bičkauskis 13 each, Gytis Radzevičius 10.
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