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Although the people of Vilnius opened the meeting by scoring 6 points in a row, Dovydas Romanchenko revived the attack of the people of Šiauliai – 4:8. In the end, “Šiauliai” led by him equalized the result (8:8), but “Rytas” soon regained the advantage – 13:8. Sean Armands, Tomaš Pavelka and Shaquille Keith collected important points for Šiauliai, and finally T. Pavelka put the guests ahead for the first time – 18:17. True, after two shots by Margiris Normantas, Žydrūnas Urbonas asked for a break – 22:18. At the end of the first quarter, the home team led 24:18.
The Šiauliai team came out of the hole quickly: after Paulius Danusevičius’ three-pointer, only one point separated the teams (23:24), and S. Armandas and Karolis Giedraitis returned the lead to the guests – 31:27. The difference grew (35:29) and Giedrius Žibėnas, not satisfied with that, asked for a break. Justin Gorham eased the deficit and eventually returned the lead to the hosts (36:35), and Rytas led 45:40 after the first part of the match.
Ch. was honored during the long break. Eidson – during the ceremony, his jersey was brought to the arena decks, the basketball player’s entire family and former teammates Martynas Gecevičius, Steponas Babrauskas, Justas Sinica and others took part in it.
After the long break, the difference between the teams was constantly within the limits of 4-7 points, and the guests’ situation was somewhat complicated by the fourth fouls by Bennett Vander Plas and Shaquille Keith. Gytis Masiulis’ long throw kept “Rita” away from the rivals, Arnas Velička made a productive breakthrough (62:53). The double-digit difference between the teams was created by Martyn Echod’s free throw – 63:53.
In the fourth quarter, “Rytas” controlled the situation, but did not break away from the rivals. The exception to this rule was a spurt three minutes before the game, when J. Gorham’s free throws increased the difference between the teams to 15 points (80:65). Marcus Foster’s three-pointer ended the visitors’ hopes of hanging on to victory. In the last minutes, 16-year-old Ignas Urbonas appeared on the field. The son of rival strategist Žydrūnas Urbonas became Ryto’s youngest ever debutant.
It is symbolic that the young man was born on November 22, 2007. Ch. At that time, Eidson was already wearing the shirt of the Vilnius team, and two days later he scored 23 points in the basket of the Kėdainiai team.
In this meeting, the leader of “Ryto” was also an American. Mr. Gorham collected 22 points (5/6 2-pointers, 1/3 three-pointers, 9/10 free throws), 6 rebounds and 2 turnovers, 4 assists, a blocked shot, 2 fouls and 31 utility points in 26 minutes. .
T. Pavelka was the only one in Šiauliai club to score more than 11 utility points. The team’s problems outside the penalty area are illustrated by just two three-pointers (15 attempts, 13 percent accuracy).
Morning: Justin Gorham 22 (5/6 2-pointers, 6 rebounds, 4 assists), Marcus Foster 12 (2/7 3-pointers), Margiri Normant, RJ Cole and Martyn Echod (5 rebounds) kom., 6 blocks) 9 each, Arnas Velička 8, Gytis Masiulis 7, Gytis Radzevičius 5 (6 rebounds kom.).
“Šiauliai”: Tomaš Pavelka 17 (7/8 double points, 8 rebounds, 3 blocks), Shaquille Keith 13 (4 rebounds, 4 errors, 5/9 double points), Paulius Danusevičius 11 (7 rebounds .), LJ Thorpe 9 (5 rebounds, 4 errors), Sean Armand 8, Dovydas Romanchenko 6 (5 rebounds, 3/3 doubles).
In this match, during the long break, the Vilnius team paid tribute to the historical 2008-2009 Lietuvos ryto team, and put Chuck Eidson’s shirt on the deck.
“Rytas” ranks 2nd in Lithuania with 21 wins.
The people of Šiauliai have celebrated their victory only 7 times and are in the 9th position.
In the first two Betsafe-LKL matches, “Rytas” celebrated victories with results of 91:78 and 99:75.
2024-04-19 19:24:49