“VEF Rīga” convincingly beat “Rytas” with 84:60 (22:11, 22:18, 26:15, 14:16).
One of the assists from the double-double was Bald Alman, who also added 23 points and five rebounds. Krister Zorik 20 points, Michael Kaizer “double-double” – 16 points and 11 rebounds – as well as six assists and two blocked shots. Ten points and eight rebounds for Aizejam Pinjeiro.
In the away team Martin Ehod has 17 points, eight rebounds and five assists, and 13 points for Andrew Goodlock.
The people of Riga immediately took the lead and in the first half only increased the lead, reaching the largest advantage at the end of the quarter.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Lithuanians with three long shots in a row reduced the difference to two points – 20:22, but then the “Vefies” also recovered, increasing the result again and again the biggest advantage with the Almena shot in the last half second plus 15 – 44:29.
In the third quarter, the difference of the result reached * 53: 33) and exceeded the limit of 20 points, again the majority of the hosts reached the end of the quarter, reaching the advantage of 26 points.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, they also achieved a 30-point lead (76:46) and with small fluctuations in the result, the games led to a convincing victory.
In group E, led by three victories in four matches, there is SIG, the second place with the same balance is occupied by “VEF Rīga”, with one victory in four games, the third is “Rytas”, and the fourth – “Peristeri”.
In the first mutual game of subgroup E, Rigans sowed a 17-point lead in Vilnius on December 8, but won with 85:81. In the first match of the season, the Rigans dramatically lost to the French club Strasbourg SIG with 75:77, but then defeated the Greek team “Peristeri” with 84:81.
The first game of the fourth round of the group took place on Tuesday, in which the Strasbourg basketball players beat Peristeri with 79:76.
Since the first mutual game, Vilnius club has played one match, in which the superiority of Panevėžys “Lietkabelis” was acknowledged with 59:78. In parallel with the woes in the square “Rytas” also affected Covid-19, last week two members of the club administration fell ill.
Vilnius “Rytas” in the Lithuanian championship with a balance of 7-5 is in third place.
The team of the Lithuanian capital, haunted by injuries and viruses, last week strengthened the line-up with American tall player Keith Benson, who has previously played in these latitudes, as well as once played three matches in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Meanwhile, the Rigans suffered the first loss in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League last week, acknowledging the superiority of “Ogre” with 58:72. In the local championship “VEF Rīga” has won 11 out of 12 games and takes the first place in the Latvian team group.
Previously, both teams met in the 2013/2014 ULEB Eurocup qualifier, where Lithuanians celebrated their victory.
Last season, “VEF Rīga” debuted in the FIBA Champions League, ranking last in the group with one success in 14 games. Meanwhile, the Vilnius club played in the ULEB Eurocup, where it stopped in the “Top 16” round.
“VEF Rīga” participated in the Old Continent club tournaments for the last time in the 2014/2015 season, when it played in the ULEB Eurocup.
The elimination tournament will be achieved by the two best teams from each subgroup.
The fifth season is taking place in the Champions League tournament, and only “Ventspils” team from Latvia have participated in this competition before. In the first year, Ventspils entered the first round of the playoffs, ranking fifth and sixth in the group for the next two seasons and continuing the fight in the FIBA European Cup.
Also this year, competitions were planned in four groups of eight teams, the best four of which will advance to the next round, but the Covid-19 pandemic has forced the organizers to decide to cut the groups in half.
The 2019/2020 season due to Covid-19 was completed only at the end of September – beginning of October, when the winner of the competition “bubble” in Athens was Burgos “San Pablo”, which played 85:74 in the final with the host AEK.
Artis Ate, Arnolds Helmanis, Verners Kohs, Emīls Krūmiņš, Pēteris Salmiņš, Aigars Šķēle, Mārcis Vītols and Kristers Zoriks, American basketball players Kails Olmens, Michael Pinzers and Aizs Kaisers have also entered the FIBA Champions League Madsens.
The team is led by head coach Jānis Gailītis, assisted by Jevgenijs Kosuškins and Dāvis Čoders, as well as physical training coach Oskars Ernšteins.
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