On Thursday, April 25, at 19:00 in the Rimi Olympic Center, the first match of the semi-final series of the Latvian Basketball League will begin: “VEF Riga” – BK “Liepāja”. On Friday, April 26, at 7 pm, the match between BK Ventspils and Rigas Zeļi will start. Teams compete in a streak of up to three wins. The games will be available on sportacentrs.com
“VEF Riga” (24-6) – BK “Liepāja” (11-19)
In the main competition, the two mutual matches were held in the first half of the season and “VEF Riga” won both – 85:78 and 86:76.
Since the end of March, Riga players have played two double game series in the Pafbet Latvian-Estonian league competition, beating the team “Rigas Zeļļi” in two games and losing to “BC Prometey ” in two games.
The five-game duel in the quarter-finals with BK “Ogre” is new in the memory of Liepaja, returning from 0: 1 and 1: 2, as well as winning in extra time of the fifth game .
The two teams met in the semi-finals last year as well, when Liepāja won 2:1, but “VEF Riga” won the series. Only three people from Riga and four from Liepāja, as well as the coaches of both teams, know about these battles.
“VEF Riga” – BK “Liepāja”
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BK “Ventspils” (20-10) – “Rigas Zeļļi” (18-12)
In the main tournament, each team won one – on October 29 in Riga, Zelli was better with 89:86, and on February 2 in Ventspils, the guests were better with 100:92.
Ventspilnieki started the season poorly (3-4 in the first month), but continued to improve their performance and balance, reaching the league semi-finals together for the first time since 2019. There, they showed well against the best team of the main tournament, Tallinn “Kalev / Cramo” (1:2), but “VEF Riga” lost in the fight for the third place.
“Rigas Zeļļi” had a better first part of the season, amassing a 15-5 record by the end of January. After that, things got worse – in the main Pafbet LAT-EST league competition, the balance was 3-7, in the quarter-final with “VEF Rīga” 0-2, but in the quarter-final of the Latvian championship. “VALMIERA GLASS VIA” managed to win with 3:1.
BK “Ventspils” has been continuously playing in the semi-finals of the Latvian championship since the spring of 1996, winning 22 victories in 27 series.
Everything is happening for the first time for the debate “Rigas Zellļi” this season.
BK “Ventspils” – “Rigas Zeļi”
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2024-04-24 14:39:51
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