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Photo: D.Lukšta
Kaunas basketball players “Žalgirio-2” started the NKL – VIKINGLOTT playoffs with victory.
Man of the match
Arvydas Gronskis students at the start of the eighth final at home 85:71 (30:15, 19:16, 18:16, 18:24) made Molėtai “Ežerūnas-Athletes” give up.
In the final eighth series, up to 2 wins, the people of Žalgiris took the lead – 1-0. The second match will take place on Tuesday in Molėtai.
The people from Žalgiris started the match impressively and in the eighth minute the teams already scored 21 points – 28: 7.
After recovering from the cold shower, the Molėtai basketball players cut the deficit to 14 points midway through the third quarter (39:53), but the hosts, who finished the quarter more successfully, regained a solid lead – 67:47.
With 3 minutes to go, the guests managed to get closer to 11 points (64:75), but an even greater intrigue could not recover and “Žalgiris-2” recorded the first victory in the eighth final series.
Justinas Ramanauskas scored 15 points (2/4 doubles, 3/8 trit., 2/3 penalties) in 28 minutes, bounced 2 balls and scored 9 utility points.
“Žalgiris-2”: Justinas Ramanauskas 15 (3/8 trit.), Dominykas Stenionis 13 (3/4 trit.), Paulius Murauskas 12, Giedrius Bergaudas 8 (7 rev. Rooms, 21 users).
“Ežerūnas-Athletes”: Ignas Juškevičius 17 (7/12 double, 9th room, 22 points of use), Evaldas Džiaugys 12 (5/11 double, 7th room), Rokas Mačiulis 11 (3/7 trit.).
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