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Panevėžys “Lietkabelis” (12-6) won the incredible drama in the LKL championship.
Man of the match
Kyle Viñales tied at the end of regular time, Martin Varnas attacked from a distance in the last seconds of extra time and Nenad Chanak’s students at home 108: 105 (24:26, 23:24, 24:21, 24:24, 13:10) broke “Šiauliai” (5-13).
Vinalesas, who became the hero of Panev héroežys, scored 32 points (9/18 doubles, 3/7 trit., 5/6 penalties), 6 assists, 5 rebounds, provoked 7 fouls and recorded 35 utility points.
Lietkabelis, who attacked five times in the extension, was separated by seven points – 106: 99, but then the people of Šiauliai went up to fight again and came close to the point after the colon of Kristapas Berzinis – 105: 106.
Viñales, who was penalized for a foul, issued both fines and Šiauliai had 6.6 seconds for his decisive response.
After a minute of rest, Varnas, who was at the peak of Šiauliai’s attack, launched a shot from the three-point zone, but the ball did not even touch the goal and the final siren announced an impressive save by Lietkabelis – 108: 105 .
After Elvar Fridriksson took both penalties in the fourth quarter with 26 seconds remaining, Šiauliai had a four-point lead: 93:89. On the other side of the field, Vytenis Lipkevičius scored a triple, Mindaugas Lukauskis fouled, issued fines and the Antanas soldier Sireika kept the lead in his hands – 95:92.
Fridriksson then fouled at Viñales, the American missed the second penalty, Gytis Masiulis recovered the ball on attack and it was again in the hands of the magician of Lietkabelis.
He managed to make a two-point shot while crossing the three-point line, which was accurate and snatched extra time – 95:95.
“Lietkabelis” won by recovering from the failures of Vilnius “Rytas” (72:78) and Alytus “Dzūkija” (70:86).
Lietkabelis: Kyle Vinales 32, Gytis Masiulis 23, Margiris Normantas 14, Vytenis Lipkevičius 11, Paulius Valinskas 10.
Šiauliai: Kaspars Berzinš 25, Elvaras Fridriksson 21 (ed. 8), Andy Van Vlietas and Mindaugas Lukauskis – 16 each, Martynas Varnas 15 (8 ed.).
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