In the game against “Rīgas Zeļliam”, one of the leaders of the team – Francis Lācis, who participated in the 3×3 basketball “Challenger” tournament in Saudi Arabia – was not available in the game against “TalTech”, which is one position higher in the tournament table.
Dāvids Vīksne was the most productive player of the Riga team in this match with 16 scored points. Sigmars Raimo played a versatile game, collecting 14 points, six rebounds and five assists. Canadian guard Aizeh Osborne helped the Zeals with 13 points and three blocks.
Starting components:
Medicines: Suja, Osborn, Viksne, Sagittarius, Raimo.
TalTech: Ilvess, Sūrorgs, Suneliks, Jurkatamms, Andre.
In Salaspils, Kaspers Sūrorgs, the most valuable player of the month of October of the United League, scored the first points with a three-point move. After that, “TalTech” did not score any points for almost six minutes. The points for “Rīgas Zeļliam” were also not falling like from a cornucopia. The low-scoring first quarter was completed by Sigmar Raimo’s three-pointer, finishing the quarter in favor of the team coached by Jura Umbraško with 14:10.
The second quarter was even worse for the Tallinn team, with only three shots from the game. “Rīgas Zeļļi” already took a relatively acceptable point growth progression, which brought the first half to the end with a safe advantage of the newly founded team – 35:17.
Zellii continued to dominate the events on the pitch in the second half of the game as well. Juris Vītols hit the ball into the basket from above and reached +20 for the pink-carrying Riga team, which ended the third period with 55:35.
In the last ten minutes, there were no questions about the winner of the game, so coach Umbraško allowed his players from the far end of the bench, Markus Mamaj and Dan Galdiņš, to run out. In the last minute, Dāvids Vīksne sent the ball into the basket from a long distance, marking the final score of the game 81:51
“Rīgas Zellī” – “TalTech/Optibet” 81:51 (14:10, 21:7, 18:16, 28:18)
Zellii: Vīksne 16, Raimo 14, Osborns 13 (3 block m.), Strelnieks 8, Skuja 8, Vitols 7 (8 rez.p.), Pinete 5, Bērziņš 4, Galdiņš 4, Natsvlišvili 2, Berkolds, Mamajs.
TalTech: Sunelik 13, Juraktamms 11, Sūrorgs 9, Andre 9, Pehka 7, Ilves 2, Saal, Heinla.
Weekly schedule of games
Dat.GameResult.Most successful players01.11Kalev/Snabb – Tartu Ülikool63:77 Rileys-Ross 13 p. – Rosenthal 27 p.02.11 Liepāja – Rapla 72:65 Freimanis 20 p. – Tomić 15 p.03.11 University of Tartu – Valmiera Glass/ViA93:71 Rosentāls 22 p. – Naits 17 p. Ventspils – Rapla 88:78Franciss 25 p. – Hunter 20 p. (8 atl.b.) Keila – University of Latvia95:72 Krestiņins 22 p. – Aleksandrovs 16 p.04.11 VEF Riga – Viimsi96:46 Blums 27 p. – Kovalev 18 p. (8 photos) Pärnu Sadam – Kalev/Cramo70:100Harts 13 p. – Jurkatamms 25 p. Prometey – Ogre76:85 March 15 p. – Satisfied 22 p. (8 photos) Rīgas Zeļļi – TalTech81:51 Vīksne 16 p. – Sunelik 13 p.
Tournament table
VKomandaU-Z%1.Kalev/Cramo7-0100.0%2.Rīgas Zellī6-185.7%3.Prometey5-183.3%4.Tartu University6-275.0%5.TalTech6-275.0%6.VEF Riga4-357.1%7.Pärnu Sadam4- 357.1%8.Liepāja4-357.1%9.Ogre5-455.6%10.Ventspils4-450.0%11.Keila Coolbet3-537.5%12.Avis Rapla3-730.0%13.Tallinn Kalev/Snabb2-528.6%14.Valmiera Glass/ViA2- 722.2%15. Viimsi1-712.5%16. University of Latvia1-910.0%
