Latvian basketball player Mārtiņš Laksa on Saturday scored 15 points in the Polish championship match, helping Lublin’s Start to escape the loss.
“Start” beat “Dabrowa Gornicza” in their field with 76:74 (17: 8, 17:16, 11:31, 31:19).
In the last quarter, Laksa scored seven points, making a three-point throw 74:72 in favor of the home team.
He spent 35 minutes and 45 seconds on Laksa Square, during which four of the seven two-point and one of the four three-point shots were broadcast in the basket, as well as all four “penalties”.
The basketball player also won six rebounds, scored twice, provoked three rule violations, made two mistakes, caught one ball and ended the game with an efficiency factor of 16.
The most productive basketball player of the Lublin club was Kamil Lačinskis, who scored 16 points and nine assists. For the guests, Sasha Kiley Jones scored 23 points and scored seven rebounds.
Due to Covid-19, the teams have played a different number of games. “Start” with nine successes in 13 battles is the second, while “Stelmet Enea” of Zelona Gura, represented by Jānis Bērziņš and Rolands Freimanis, is sixth with eight successes in nine matches.
Spain
Latvian basketball player Artūrs Kurucs scored two points in the Spanish Premier League (ACB) match on Saturday, putting his hand in the victory of the Vitoria “TD Systems Baskonia” team.
Kuruca’s TD Systems Baskonia won Bilbao’s Retabet at 82:68 (25:18, 19:12, 22:18, 16:20) at home.
Kurucs spent 16 minutes and 25 seconds on the court, during which he made one of three two-point shots, passing the only three-pointer. He also has one bounced ball, one pass, one ball caught and one ball lost, one personal note and zero efficiency.
The Baskonia team scored 17 points for Akille Polonara, who also had eight rebounds, and Luke Wilde, and 19 points for Jeleon Brown.
Represented by Rinald Malmanis, the UCAM team in Murcia suffered a loss to Herbalife in Gran Canaria with 74:78 (11:21, 22:18, 17:24, 24:15).
Mālmanis was not in the team application.
The home team “double-double” – 16 points and 11 rebounds – was scored by Emanuel Kate, who also scored 16 points for Koner Frankenkamp, who also had eight assists.
Metam Kostello scored 15 points and six balls under baskets.
Due to the Covid-19 team, ACB have played a different number of games. Vitoria club with seven victories in ten games takes the second place. “Barcelona”, represented by Roland Schmidt, is third with six successes in eight matches, Joventut of Badalona, represented by Artūrs Žagars, with a balance of 6-3 – fourth, and Murcia basketball players with four victories in eight dues are in 11th place.
Last season, Vitoria’s “Baskonia” was crowned ACB champion, beating the “Barcelona” team in the final match of the mini-tournament.
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