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Photo: FIBA.com
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The Utena Juventus-Uniclub Casino team finished their performance at the last world trios tournament in Jeddah.
Utena in the semifinals 13:21 landed for Liman’s team from Serbia, against whom he also stumbled in the final of the tournament in Debrecen.
In the final team line-up, Utena’s team ranked third and won the US $ 28,000 prize.
The game was better started by the Serbs, who took a 6-point lead after Mikailas Vasičius’ shot (12: 6). Soon Vasičius himself added a long shot and brought his team even closer to victory (16:11), but Utena’s team jumped 3-0 and after Vytautas Šulskis’s 3-pointer came close to 13:16.
Liman’s basketball players did not promise to get rid of victory from their hands, they played with confidence at the end of the match and Stefanas Stojačičius finished the match with a throw-in from the basket (21:13).
The Juventus-Uniclub Casino teams were not spared from defeat by Ignas Vaitkus, who scored 7 points, 4 added by Žygimantas Skučas, 1 each by Šulskis and Gintautas Matulis.
Kojičius, who scored 7 points, led the Serbian team to victory.
Comment from Žydrūnas Urbonas:
Summary of the semifinal match:
Quarter finals
„Juventus-Uniclub Casino“ – „Amsterdam“ – 20:15
The Lithuanians had the initiative from the start of the game and after the shots from Šulskis and Matulis they got a 6-point lead (10: 4).
A minute later, Utena’s team led by 18:11, but Dimeo van der Horst stabbed two long shots in a row and came close to 3 points (18:15). However, the Dutch were unable to score any more points and Skuch secured the victory with an accurate free kick (20:15).
Vaitkus, who scored 6 points, was the most productive among the winners, Šulskis and Matulis added 5, Skučas added 4.
The Amsterdam team was not spared from defeat by van der Horst, who scored 7 points.
Matulis’s comment after the quarter-final match:
Summary of the match with the Amsterdam team:
Tournament broadcast:
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