Alytus “Wolves” (17-8), who made a change in the coaching staff a few days ago, played the first match of “Betsafe-LKL” with Kęstučius Kemzūras in the lead.
The visitors managed to break Jonava’s “CBet” club (14-11) 85:74 (22:17, 18:22, 18:11, 27:24) after a tense fight.
Although the attack of Jonava’s team accelerated slowly and the difference was in double digits at the beginning of the match (5:15), the points of Edvin Šeškaus and Jeffery Garrett made it possible to get closer – 12:15. After the first quarter, Alytis had a 5-point advantage, later they increased it even more (30:20), but E. Šeškus, Glynn Watson and Dovis Bičkauskis reminded themselves, who again improved the position of “CBet” – 26:32.
Goran Huskicius with J. Garretto continued to melt the home team’s deficit (34:36), and finally the latter equalized the result – 36:36. Martin Laksa’s three-pointer led to the fact that before the long break, the Jonavis had a minimal deficit – 39:40.
After the break, both teams could not score points for more than 2 minutes, finally Rashard Kelly made a layup – 42:39. Ahmad Caver pushed the Wolves forward (47:41) and allowed them to break away more, so before the last quarter, the guests had a rather tangible lead – 58:50.
However, it turned out to be fragile – the intrigue rose again to the maximum level, because Dovis Bičkauskis, who took the penalty shot, cut the deficit of “CBet” to just one point – 67:68. A.Caver showed his leadership by collecting very important points (73:67), but G.Watson did not allow the guests to gain momentum – 69:73. Time passed, the fighting Alytus team came closer to victory (77:69) after a good section of the legionnaires, and finally E. Bucker finally killed the hosts – 81:71.
In the previous confrontations, two victories were recorded by CBet: with the results 80:62 and 99:94.
“Wolves” firmly established themselves in the third place in the tournament table and some distance from “7bet-Lietkabelis” of Panevėžys (15-9), while the people of Jonaviški remain firmly in sixth place.
We remind you that not only Mr. coach K. Kemzūra, but also assistant Nedas Pacevičius, who was briefly at the helm of Utena’s “Uniclub Casino – Juventus” last season.
“CBet”: Dovis Bičkauskis 17 (1/6 tr.), Goran Huskicius 14, Glynn Watson 11 (5 assists, 2/7 tr.), Edvinas Šeškus 10, Martinas Laksa 9, Jeffery Garrett 8 (11 ret. . Why.).
“Wolves”: Ahmad Caver 24 (3/4 tr., 5 rebounds), Eric Buckner 14, Arnas Beručka 11 (3/4 tr.), Eigirdas Žukauskas (6 rebounds), Rashard Kelly and Marcos Delia – 8 each.
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