• Tonight at 19:00 The second finalist of the Latvian Basketball League will be announced in Ventspils. The remaining ticket will be shared between “Ventspils” and “Ogre” basketball players, whose series has a balance of 2-2 before the match.
• So far, none of the teams have been successful on their field. In all four matches, the guests went home as winners. This is the first time in history that such a scenario has been observed in any of the LBL series.
• Tonight “Ogre” has every opportunity to continue this tradition, thus entering the final of the LBL for the first time in the history of the club.
• Meanwhile, if Ventspils wins, they will break the tradition of four matches, and in the LBL finals they will play for the 21st time in the history of the team. Since 2010, Ventspils has not participated in the finals only once.
• Both teams have gaps due to injuries. Andrejs Šeļakovs’ s season ended prematurely due to an injury to the ankle of “Ventspils”, but Rodrigo Būmeister is also forced to watch the game from the sidelines in the first match.
• Due to Ogre’s leg injury, the season ended for Uģis Pinetes before the decisive matches of the Latvian-Estonian league.
• In the final, one of the teams is already waiting for “VEF Rīga”, which quickly played “University of Latvia” in three matches, which will fight against the loser of the series in the bronze series.
• The winner of the series will not have much time to prepare for the final, where the first game is scheduled for this Sunday in “VEF Rīga”. Meanwhile, the loser of the series will have two days before the start of the bronze series (the first game on May 9).
• The decisive game in Ventspils will be broadcast live on TV4 and the portal “Sportacentrs.com”.
Pafbet LBL playoff playoff semi-finals
| Couple | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEF Riga – LU | 100:62 | 114:64 | 87:78 | 3-0 | ||
| Ventspils – Ogre | 83:90 | 85:78 | 61:76 | 89:64 | 06.05. | 2-2 |
Resources used:
Latvian Basketball Union
