“Šiauliai”, who surely finished in the points race, defeated “Neptune” for the second time

The duel in Klaipeda ended with the victory of Šiauliai 94:88 (23:24, 22:19, 26:23, 23:22).

It is interesting that the first victory of this season Betsafe-LKL was won by the Šiauliai team against “Neptune”, and that duel in Šiauliai ended with an almost identical result and only differed by a point 93:88.

In the game that took place in Klaipeda on Sunday, neither team started with a double-digit difference. A. Sireka’s team took the biggest lead of 9 points less than a minute before the end of the match. The dominance was still somewhat dissolved by Matthew Jogėga’s triple, but there was very little time to save the hosts.

The best match of this season Betsafe-LKL was played by Belgian Andy Van Vliet from Šiauliai. The center-back dominated under the baskets and scored a total of 23 points. While on the field, Šiauliai scored 15 points more than his competitors.

The fifth double this season was recorded by Iceland’s Šiauliai leader Elvaras Maras Fridriksson. The player scored 11 points and added 11 assists.

These Šiauliai legionaries were well assisted by Latvian striker Kaspars Berzins. He added 19 points and 4 rebounds to the victory.

Benas Griciūnas competed most effectively in this duel in the ranks of “Neptūnas”. The tall team scored 21 points for the Klaipeda team.

Evaldas Šaulys and Norbert Giga also gave good performances, scoring 14 and 13 points, respectively.

Sigismund Janavičius missed an effective pass in this match to double. It is true that one of the leaders of the Klaipėda team made a mistake a little over a minute earlier, and this mistake together guaranteed the victory of the rivals.

Neptūnas was without their captain Martynas Mažeika.

Neptune: B. Griciūnas 21 (eighth room), E. Šaulys 14, N. Giga 13, Žygimantas Janavičius 12 (ninth room), Džiugas Slavinskas 9 (seventh room).

Šiauliai: A. Van Vlietas 23, K. Berzins 19, EM Fridriksson 11 (11th ed.), Arminas Urbutis 10 (6th ed.).