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The FIBA 3×3 Basketball World Round season will end on Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. On its last day, the fight for the highest positions was continued by the Utena Juventus-Uniclub team.
Utena in the quarterfinals 20:15 dealt with the Amsterdam club of the Netherlands. Amsterdam scored 3 fouls in less than a minute and Utena scored 2 points during that time. The Utensians were already 6: 1 behind when Amsterdam made an impressive bet, added a long shot and significantly eased the build-up. After a short break, Juventus-Uniclub responded with a 3-0 lead and then held a 5-6 point lead for a long time. In the last minute, Amsterdam resumed the intrigue with a long shot (15:18). Then he took the initiative by hitting a difficult shot Ignas vaitkus. Subsequently, the Utena defended itself and soon consolidated the victory.
Utena team Ignas vaitkus scored 6 points, Vytautas Šulskis and Gintautas Matulis after 5, or Žygimantas Skučas 4 points.
The Juventus-Uniclub trip ended in the semifinals. Has utena 13:21 got the best 3×3 team in the world: Liman (Serbia). Serbs are currently the leaders of the FIBA 3×3 world rankings.
Juventus-Uniclub took the lead at the start of the match (3: 2), but then played a worse stretch, did not defend on long-distance shots and had a deficit of 4 points (4: 8). The Serbs hit another long shot right here, added a penalty and built up a record lead (5:11). Juventus-Uniclub did not manage to reduce the deficit for a long time, but 2 minutes later. 32 sec. the Utensians finally came close to 3 points (13:16). Unfortunately, then Juventus-Uniclub exceeded the foul limit and Liman came close to victory with two free throws (13:18). The Serbs then added a long shot, successfully completed the foray under the basket, and won the match with a record 8-point lead. The Serbs scored almost half of all points (10) on long shots.
“Juventus-Uniclub”: Ignas Vaitkus 7 points, Žygimantas Skučas 4, Vytautas Šulskis 1, Gintautas Matulis 1.
Juventus-Uniclub became the winner of Group D on Friday. Utenians 21:16 defeated Harlem in New York (USA) and 21:14 defeated “Vytis-Gulbele” from Sakiai. In the next match “Vytis-Gulbelė” after extra time 19:21 landed in Harlem, did not qualify for the playoffs, and finished ninth in the final standings.
In Jeda, the teams will share 166,000. Prize pool in USD. The champions will receive the main prize: 60 thousand. AMERICAN DOLLAR.
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