Roberts Štelmahers Photo: United League
Latvian basketball player Mareks Mejeris scored 12 points in the United League game on Monday, but it did not help his representative Perm “Parma” to win, but Tallinn’s “Kalev” / “Cramo” represented by Marc Vītols and Ojārs Siliņš caused the first loss to Moscow’s CSKA.
In the home game of Meyer “Parma” with the result 66:73 (21:20, 12:17, 24:19, 9:17) Kazan “Unics” gave in. The Latvian basketball player started the game in the starting five and 29 minutes spent on the field and scored 12 points in 51 seconds, realizing six of the seven two-point shots. He also won four rebounds, gave two assists, blocked two opponent’s shots, made four mistakes, earned two personal notes, and finished the game with a +/- score of -12 and an efficiency ratio of 13. The Perm team was Jeremy Hill. scored 14 points.
Mario Hezonja stood out with 27 points in Unics, while team captain John Brown added 19 points and seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Tallinn’s Kalev / Cramo, represented by Vītols and Siliņš, led by Roberts Štelmahers with one of the assistants Akselis Vairogs, in the home game with the result 67:56 (17:14, 21:16, 7:10, 22:16) provided Moscow CSKA first loss in five games.
Siliņš scored six points and won four rebounds in 22 minutes and 37 seconds on the court, ending the game with a +/- score of +10 and an efficiency factor of 5, while Vītols had 11 minutes and 56 seconds on the court, during which he scored three points and returned one result. pass by accumulating a +/- score of +8 and an efficiency factor of 2.
Rauno Nurgers stood out in the Tallinn team with 15 points and nine rebounds, while Jekuan Lewis added 12 points and four assists. Ife Lundbergs was the most productive in the Moscow team with 13 points and five rebounds, while Daniel Hakets scored ten points.
“Meera”, represented by Meyer, has played three games in the United League, winning one and experiencing two losses, and ranks tenth in the overall standings. “Kalev” / “Cramo” represented by Siliņa and Vītols takes the eighth place and has won two games and lost three times in five games.
This season, 12 teams will compete in the main tournament, which is one less than last year. Eight represent Russia, missing the Khimki team in the Moscow region affected by the crisis, but one each from Estonia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Poland. For the third season in a row, the VEF Rīga team is not participating in the tournament.
The 2020/2021 league season ended with the victory of the Moscow CSKA team in the final series with 3-0 over Kazan “Uniks”. Since the 2011/2012 season, CSKA has never lost the title of champion in the United League.
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