2024-05-06 05:41:37
This defeat for Klaipėda means that they will not move from the sixth place, regardless of the outcome of the remaining two matches of “7bet-Lietkabel” from Panevėžys. In the quarter-final series, “Neptūnas” will play against “Wolves Twinsbet” of Vilnius, and the Panevėžys will try to defeat the “Uniclub Casino – Juventus” team of Utena, which will have the home field advantage.
The beginning of the match was a bit more successful for the hosts, who were ahead by a small margin and led 21:19 after the first quarter. Then the Klaipėda people started a fiesta in attack: they made 6 three-pointers during the quarter and went into the break already controlling the match – 52:43.
In the third quarter, the distance between the teams remained similar for 5 minutes, but the people from Šiauliai then started to get closer to their rivals until they equalized the result (63:63). Before the decisive period, the visitors led by only one shot – 71:68.
For a few minutes, the teams went hand in hand, but then Klaipėda took the lead – 83:77. This did not break the hosts, who caught up with their opponents again and met with an equal score (93:93) in the last minute.
Paulius Danusevičius then nailed a three-pointer (96:93), and on the other side of the court Klaipėda basketball players made a mistake. Šiauliai did not use the usual and technical foul – they missed all three penalties, but Shaquille Keith recovered the ball and brought his team closer to victory – 98:93. After the water break, Äžuolas Tubelis missed from a distance and Daniel Baslykas realized the penalty (99:93), but Žygymantas Janavičius created a “2+1” situation (96:99). Sean Armand made no mistake at the free throw line (101-96). Ž. Janavičius scored another two-pointer, but Nojus Mineikis nailed the final nail (104:98).
Even an impressive long-range shot did not guarantee victory for Neptun. The guests made 16 three-pointers out of 33 (48%).
“Šiauliai”: Paulius Danusevičius 20, Tomaš Pavelka and Sean Armand 18 each, Daniel Baslykas 14, Nojus Mineikis 11, Shaquille Keith 10, LJ Thorpe 9.
“Neptūnas”: Ėuolas Tubelis 26, Deividas Gailius 18, Žygimantas Janavičius 13, Ignas Sargiūnas 12, Mindaugas Girdžiūnas 10, Timas Lambrechts 8.
2024-05-06 05:41:37