“Ogre” in Liepaja “Pafbet” in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League (LIBL) match on Saturday, December 5, played in the third quarter, finishing the second round of the competition with a victory and Kristaps Darga “double-double”.
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“Liepāja” gave in to “Ogre” with 73:78 (14:11, 25:21, 17:29, 17:17).
Although the guests started the game with an 8: 0 breakthrough, Liepaja players responded with a 11: 0 cut in their favor, 11: 8 with an accurate two-point throw to Ilya Gromov.
Another breakthrough with 15: 5 homeowners gave up at the end of the half, allowing the rest to go with a 39:32 handicap.
In the middle of the third quarter, the guests reached the home team, but after 54:52 in the 27th minute, “Liepāja” did not lead again in the match.
In favor of the winners with “double-double” – 16 points and 12 rebounds – Dear, who also has five mistakes. Andre Volker and Uģis Pinete scored 18 points each, who also had six assists. Rinalds Sirsniņš added nine assists and four rebounds for nine points.
Guntis Sīpoliņš has 14 points and six rebounds in Liepāja. Dāvis Geks and Gromovs scored 12 points, who also had six rebounds, and Renārs Birkāns 11 points.
With a balance of 4-6, Liepaja players are in fourth place among six Latvian teams, but “Ogre” with six successes in ten matches is directly above “Liepaja”.
The “Liepāja” team had won the last two matches of the league, beating the University of Latvia with 79:62 and “Valmiera Glass” / “Vidzeme University” (“Valmiera Glass” / “ViA”) with 79:72.
The “Ogre” unit also won the same teams in the last two battles at home as the Liepaja team, but only in reverse order. First with 83:58 Riga students beat, but then with 82:75 – also “Valmiera Glass” / “ViA”.
In the first round game at the end of October, “Ogre” defeated their opponents on their field with 94:77.
In the battle of two Estonian teams in Pärnu, Robert Kaltel / Cramo, coached by Robert Stelmacher and Axel Shield, was superior in three quarters, but after 40 minutes they lost to Parnu Sadam with 74:79 (19:18, 17:26, 21:19 , 17:16).
In the ranks of the guests, Jānis Kaufmanis scored eight points, scored five times, won three rebounds and made three mistakes.
Linards Jaunzems was better than both Latvians in the Pärnu team, with nine points and six rebounds in his account, as well as a prematurely ended game due to five personal notes. Lauris Blaus added two points to the victory.
At the Vidzeme Olympic Center “Valmiera Glass” / “ViA” with 65:70 (13:14, 22:16, 14:23, 16:17) acknowledged the superiority of “Ventspils”.
In a fierce match, in which the predominance of the home team never exceeded five, but the “Ventspils” basketball player – six points, the guests turned out to be a little superior.
In favor of the winners, 18 points, six rebounds and three block throws to Maris Gulbis, 17 points to Charles Randls, 16 points to Kristaps Medis and 11 points, as well as five rebounds to Christopher Coff.
Valmiere Veveris scored 12 points, 11 – Jānis Engers, ten points and five rebounds – Klāvs Dubults, but Edmunds Elksnis and Ervīns Jonāts scored eight points, the first with nine assists, but the second with seven rebounds.
The people of Valmiera have won two leagues in ten league matches this season, taking the fifth place in the rating of Latvian teams, but the “Ventspils” team with eight successes in ten battles is in the second ranking of Latvian clubs.
The people of Valmiera lost in seven of the last eight fights, including the last three – “VEF Rīga” in their field (64:93), as well as away with “Liepāja” (72:79) and “Ogri” (75:82).
“Ventspils” after four victories in the last match with 84:97 in their field gave way to the “Vefis”.
In the first round game at the end of October, “Ventspils” defeated the opponents at home with 113: 90.
The pre-season calendar stipulated that until December 6, each national team would play only with each other, but international games would take place at the end of the season. Given the epidemiological situation in the region, the league board decided to play the main event in both countries separately.
The calendar of Latvian team games for two more rounds has now been approved, which will be provisionally played until the middle of February. The continuation of the season will be decided later.
The preliminary championship playoff system provides an opportunity to organize a joint elimination tournament in the spring, playing against teams from different countries.
In the main tournament of the third season of LIBL, 13 teams were planned to play a two-round tournament, which would be followed by playoffs – a quarter-final series and a “Final Four” tournament.
LIBL Championship 2020/21. 13 teams – six Latvian units – “VEF Riga”, “Ogre”, “Ventspils”, “Valmiera Glass” / “Vidzeme University College”, “University of Latvia” and “Liepaja”, as well as seven Estonian teams – Tallinn “participate in the season of the year. Kalev “/” Cramo “, Rapla” Avis Utilitas “,” Parnu Sadam “,” University of Tartu “, Rakvere” Tarvas “, Tallinn” Kalev “/ TLU and” TalTech “.
In the first Latvian-Estonian joint league tournament in the 2018/2019 season, Ventspils won 15 teams in both the main tournament and the Final 4, but the 2019/2020 season remained unfinished, ranking first in the main tournament, which was suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. occupying “VEF Rīga”, the second – “Ogrei”, the third – Tallinn Kalev “/” Cramo “and the fourth -” Ventspils “.
