In the match held in Palanga, “Neptūnas” lost 71:82 (13:29, 24:24, 19:13, 15:16) against the “Sabah” club playing in the FIBA Champions League selection.
R. Kurtinaitis’ students will play two more matches in Lithuania – on September 8. against Kaunas “Žalgiris” and on September 10 before Vilnius “Ryta”.
Meanwhile, “Neptun” has two more friendly matches left – on September 5. against Mažeikiai “M Basket” and on September 7 against Vilnius “Wolves Twinsbet”.
By the way, in this match against Azerbaijan club “Neptūnas” played without Mindaugas Girdžiūnas, Martynas Pacevičius and Nate Johnson.
Against the “Sabah” team, Zane Waterman played the best in the ranks of the Klaipėda team, who scored 17 points (5/6 doubles, 0/1 triples, 7/10 penalties) in 24.5 minutes on the field, rebounded 9 balls, provoked 7 fouls and accumulated 24 utility points.
He was well assisted by Tomaš Pavelka. The center spent 23 minutes on the court, during which he scored 16 points (5/6 doubles, 6/10 penalties), grabbed 7 rebounds, drew 7 fouls and finished the game with 18 utility points.
Deividas Gailius, the captain of “Neptūnos”, also performed solidly, scoring 15 points (1/2 doubles, 2/7 triples, 7/8 penalties) in the basket of the Azerbaijan team.
Hassani Grant played unstoppably in the ranks of the Sabah team, who was close to a triple double – the basketball player scored 21 points (3/4 doubles, 3/6 triples, 6/9 penalties), distributed 9 assists, rebounded 8 balls and accumulated 31 utility points.
2024-09-01 05:40:28