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Although he wasted 21 points, Šiauliai Šiauliai (1-7) snapped the losing streak and clinched the first win of the season in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).
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Antana Sireika’s students at home 93:88 (27:16, 29:26, 19:25, 18:21) beat Klaipėda’s “Neptune” (2-5), who played the first game after forced quarantine and suffered the fifth consecutive defeat.
The winner of the match was decided in the fourth quarter. Midway through the decisive quarter, Martynas Mažeika stabbed three points and cut Neptūnas’ deficit to a minimum (76:77).
There are 2 minutes 30 seconds left, Norbert Giga made a free kick, but Matas Jogėla rebounded the ball in attack, scored points from below the basket and after a long break put Neptuno ahead – 84:83.
Shortly after, Gediminas Orelikas made a successful foray to the basket, Elvaras Fridriksson threw fines, but Mažeika made a colon and Šiauliai had a slim advantage early in the last minute of the match (87:86).
In the next attack, Justas Furmanavičius blocked Mažeika’s shot, who immediately stepped onto the penalty line and took penalties, increasing the hosts’ lead to 3 points (89:86). At that time, Tadas Pažėgė lost 23 minutes, but Mažeika caused the opponent’s foul.
The captain of “Neptūnas” took both free throws and, 17.2 seconds later, the advantage of “Šiauliai” fell again to the minimum – 88:89.
After a minute break for Sireika, Orelikas scored just a penalty, but Lukauskis bounced the ball on attack, took both free throws and finally consolidated Šiauliai’s victory (92:88).
Fridriksson, who led Šiauliai to victory, scored 21 points (4/10 doubles, 2/4 trit., 7/7 penalties) in 36 minutes, provided 12 assists, bounced 5 balls, provoked 6 fouls, made a mistake and scored 33 times. utility scores.
Šiauliai fired forward from the first minutes. Arminas Urbutis scored 4 points in a row, Orelikas scored a triple, Fridriksson made a two and already in the first half the hosts’ dominance became double digits – 20:10.
In the second quarter, Andy Van Vliet and Fridriksson scored from a long shot, Furmanavičius scored another three points, Urbutis realized the fines and Šiauliai gained a landslide lead – 41:21.
Still, the guests returned the intrigue. Neptūnas (42:56), who had reduced the deficit slightly before the long break, began to dominate fully in the third quarter.
Mažeika realized the fines, Jogėla added two points, Giedrius Stankevičius scored a triple, Tadas Pažėra made a successful foray towards the basket and Neptūnas’ delay decreased to 4 points – 67:71. Still, the people of Šiauliai weathered the storm and took the first victory of the season.
After returning “Neptune” to the match, Mažeika scored 25 points (5/8 doubles, 3/4 trit., 6/6 penalties) in 30 minutes, bounced 3 and took 1 ball, made 1 cash pass, blocked 1 throwing, provoked 6 fouls, once made a mistake and scored 24 points. The port city team captain scored all his points in the second half of the match.
19-year-old Adomas Sidarevičius and Nojus Mineikis got a chance to debut in LKL as the Neptūnas ranks dwindled. The former lost 2 two points in 8 minutes, made a successful pass, made a mistake once and scored -2 utility points.
Mineikis count: 9 points (3/7 trit.), 2 rebounds, 2 assists, error, 3 fouls, 1 provoked foul and 4 utility points.
Šiauliai: Elvaras Fridriksson 21 (4/10 double, 12 res., 33 ball), Andy Van Vliet 18 (4/4, 7 reb, 22 ball), Gediminas Orelikas (3/5 trit.) And Arminas Urbutis (5 / 9 dvit.) After 16.
“Neptune”: Martynas Mažeika 25 (5/8 diat., 3/4 trit.), Tadas Pažėje 14 (4/8 dvit.), Matas Jogėla 11.
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