• The game in Jēkabpils against the Estonian champion “Kalev”/”Cramo” will be played today by Riga’s “Zeļļi” within the framework of the combined Latvian-Estonian league.
• Throughout the season, “Zeļļi” have played their home games in “Arena Rīga”, Cēsis, Mārupe and Salaspils. It will be played for the first time in Jēkabpils, but after a couple of days the duel against VEF is expected at Daugava Sports House.
• The teams have already played once in the season – on December 2, the Tallinn team celebrated a victory with 73:65.
• In the last five games, “Zellii” experienced three losses. In the last loss against Liepāja, one of the leaders, Zigmārs Raimo, did not play.
• Before the game against Kalev, the club announced that 19-year-old Frederiks Meinarts, who moved to the USA during the off-season, has been reinforced for several weeks by the IMG Academy. It is expected that he will make his debut in the club today.
• With 14.5 points, Aizeja Osborns is the top scorer in “Zellliam”. 13.4 points and 6.2 rebounds for Dāvid Vīksne, 11.8 points and 6.1 rebounds for Francim Lācis, 11.3 points for Tom Skuj, and 10.5 for Sigmar Raimo.
• “Kalev” is the leader of the tournament with 12 wins in 13 games. The only loss was against the current champion “Prometey”.
• With 11.5 points and 7.3 rebounds, the club’s most productive player is Mihkel Kirves. 10.2 points for Manny Svares, but exactly ten for Mika Jurkatam.
• Valmiera Glass/ViA will play the last game of the calendar year today, which at At 19:00 they will host the champions “Prometey”.
• After eight losses in a row, two wins in three games followed – the teams of Tallinn “TalTech” and “University of Latvia” were played at home. Three of the four successes have been won at home.
• Although the productivity has dropped a little, the club’s most productive player is still Seneca Knight, who has 15.1 points per game. 12.6 points and 9.5 rebounds for Guntis Sīpoliņš, and 11.9 points for Edmund Elksnis.
• “Prometey” has started to play more confidently after the loss to Ogre and several changes in the lineup. Six consecutive victories have been won in the local league, but the last five of them were with devastating results (80:49, 103:72, 93:71, 106:60, 107:62).
• Live broadcasts of both games on the TV4 channel and the “Sportacentrs.com” portal.
Latvian – Estonian league games this week
DateGameResults19.12.Ventspils – Pärnu Sadam91:84El Amins 20p – Bārnīss 25pValmiera Glass/ViA – LU67:53Naits 20p – Strautiņš 10p 10ab20.12.Ogre – Pärnu Sadam93:72Dargais 14 (14 ab; 10 rp) – Harts 162 2.12. Avus Rapla – TalTech 80:79 Pāsoja 20 (6 ab) – Sūrogs 25 (6 rp) Tartu Ülikool – Liepāja 78:63 Rozentāls 18 – Ćilps 12 (10 ab; 7 rp) Keila – Viimsi 82:80 Johnson 16 (5 ab) – Sunds 1723.12.Rīgas Zelli – Kalev/Cramo15.00* Jēkabpils sports hallPärnu Sadam – Kalev/Snabb17.00Valmiera Glass/ViA – Prometey19.00
Overall rating
VKomandaU-Z%1.Kalev/Cramo12-192.3%2.Prometey11-191.7%3.VEF Rīga11-473.3%4.Ventspils10-471.4%5.University of Tartu11-568.8%6.Rīgas Zellī10-566.7%7.Ogre9-660.0 %8.TalTech/Optibet8-753.3%9.Liepāja8-753.3%10.Keila/Coolbet7-1041.2%11.Avis Rapla6-1135.3%12.Pärnu Sadam5-1033.3%13.Viimsi5-1229.4%14.Valmiera Glass/ViA4- 1225.0%15.University of Latvia3-1417.6%16.Tallinn Kalev/Snabb2-1313.3%
