Kaspars Berzins Photo: ULEB Eurocup
ULEB European Cup
Latvian basketball player Kaspars Bērziņš scored six points in the ULEB Eurocup game on Wednesday, with the team he represented losing. The “Lokomotiv-Kuban” of Krasnodar conceded with 62:90 (12:16, 19:22, 17:27, 14:25) of Panevėžys “Lietkabelis” represented by Bērziņš.
Bērziņš played for 15 minutes and 41 seconds, during which time he sent both two-point shots and both “penalties” to the basket, while four long shots did not reach the goal. The Latvian player also won two rebounds, made one mistake, broke the rules twice, provoked one remark and scored two. George Gagic was the most productive in the Lithuanian club with 15 points and nine provocative remarks, but Panajotis Kalaicakis added 12 points. Erik McCollum and Darius Thompson scored 15 points each in the home team.
On Wednesday, Joventut from Badalona, represented by Krišs Helmans, defeated the Towers of Hamburg with 92:75 (12:22, 25:16, 29:18, 26:19). Helmanis was not included in the application. It has already been reported that on Tuesday Mārtiņš Meiers scored five points and his “Wroclaw” Shlask “conceded to the team of” Metropolitans 92 “in Bologna with 59:74 (20:20, 15:16, 10:17, 14:21). Belgrade’s “Partizan”, represented by Rodion Kuruc, also failed, acknowledging the superiority of Ankara’s “Turk Telekom” with 71:85 (18:21, 14:22, 14:17, 25:25), without Kurucam gaining points.
In Group A, Joventut ranks first with nine wins in 11 matches and Partizan ranks second with 11 wins in 11 games. Lietkabelis is seventh with five successes in 11 battles, while Šlask is ninth with one victory in ten duels. There are 20 teams participating in the Eurocupus, divided into two groups, where the teams will play two games with each unit. After 18 games, the top eight teams from each group will qualify for the playoffs. Last season, the championship title was won by the Monaco team, beating the Kazan team “Unics” in two games.
Spain
Rinald Malman scored one point in the Spanish Premier League (ACB) game in Zaragoza on Wednesday, but his Murcia UCAM team suffered a loss. Zaragoza’s basketball players lost to Zaragoza’s Casademont at 78:91 (22:13, 26:25, 12:28, 18:25). Malmanis played for two minutes and 16 seconds, during which he took one of two free throws. He also won one rebound, provoked one note, scored +/- and scored two.
Taylor left 24 points, but Adams Vačinskis scored 19 points. UCAM ranks fifth in the 18-team competition with ten successes in 17 battles, while Zaragoza is in 13th place with a balance of 7-11. Last season, Roland Schmidt and Barcelona became the Spanish champions, beating Real Madrid 2-0 in the final.
FIBA Euroleague, women
Latvian basketball player Kitty Laksa scored five points in the Euroleague game of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) on Wednesday, while her team Skio “Famila” suffered a loss on their field. At the home of the Famila, led by the former head coach of the Latvian national team Georg Dikeulak, the Dinamo of Kursk gave in at 64:80 (11:17, 20:23, 12:14, 21:26).
Laksa played for 31 minutes and three seconds, broadcasting one of the three two-point shots and one of the three long shots in the basket. She also won one rebound, made twice a mistake, earned two personal notes, and scored at +/- and an efficiency ratio of zero. Jessmine Kisa also scored 15 points in the Skio team, 13 points and ten rebounds were added by Daimonds Shields and 12 points and nine rebounds – Sandrīne Gruda. The guests received 20 points for Eraika Ogunboval, 16 points and eight rebounds for Natasha Howard.
In another game as part of the injury-free Anete Steinberg, the Hungarian Galatasaray guests conceded to the Hungarian Sopron team with 44:73 (14:16, 12:28, 16:11, 2:18). Several of Wednesday’s games, including the “TTT Riga” away game against the Prague ZVVZ USK, have been postponed due to Covid-19 restrictions.
In group B “Sopron” with a balance of 8-4 ranks first. Famila is in third place with seven wins in 12 matches, while Dinamo with the same balance is in fifth place, while the fifth with five wins in 12 games is Istanbul. In the Euroleague, 16 teams are divided into two subgroups of eight units each. The top four teams in each group will qualify for the playoffs, while the fifth and sixth place winners will continue in the European Cup. The UGMK of Ekaterinburg became the champions last season, winning the “Perfumerias Avenida” of Salamanca in the final.
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