Latvian basketball player Rolands Šmits scored six points in the second game of the Spanish Premier League final on Tuesday and became the champion together with the “Barcelona” team. “Barcelona” beat Madrid’s Real at home with a score of 92:73 and won 2-0 in a series of up to two victories.
Schmidt is the second Latvian – ACB champion. Last year, Artūrs Kurucs won a gold medal in the ranks of Vitorija “Baskonia”.
On Tuesday, Schmidt spent 16 minutes and 22 seconds on the court, during which he took three of the four two-point shots, but did not hit his only long shot in the basket. Valmiera also won seven rebounds, provoked one violation of the rules and scored 12 efficiency coefficient points, which was the fourth best indicator in the team.
The winners were Nikola Mirotich with 27 points, 15 points and seven assists were scored by Nik Kalates, 12 points were by Kail Kuric, and the legendary Po Gasols added 11 points and six balls under the baskets.
Gasols also won the Spanish championship with the Barcelona team in 1999 and 2001.
Alberto Abalde scored 15 points for Madrid.
Barcelona basketball players The Spanish champions have returned to the throne after a seven-year hiatus. They have 19 championship titles in their account, but 35 have been won by the “Real” team.
The Barcelona team beat Badalona’s Joventut 2-1 in the first round, but in the second with the same result, they won the Tenerife’s Lenovo. Real stopped Herbalife Gran Canaria 2-0 in the first round and defeated Valencia 2-1 in the second.
This season ACUR matches were also played by Artūrs Kurucs (Vitoria “Baskonia”), Artūrs Žagars (Badalona “Joventut”), Mārcis Šteinbergs (Granbalaria “Herbalife”), Rinalds Malmanis (Murcia UCAM), Rodijs Machbas (Fuenlavrad) “Fuenlavradas” Laksa (Movistar Estudiantes in Madrid). The teams represented by Kurucs, Žagars and Šteinbergs did not win the first round of the play-off, but the other teams represented by Latvians remained out of the elimination tournament.
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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