On Saturday evening, “CBet” of Jonava played the last match of the regular season against the rivals “Uniclub Casino-Juventus” of Utena. In the last seconds of the match, Uteniks won 88:85.
Uteniški started with an 8-0 run, after which Virginijus Šeškus was forced to ask for a one-minute break. After three minutes of play, Jonava’s representatives managed to open their points account – Ryan Larson scored a well-timed two-pointer. The offensive game began to stick more successfully, Ousmane Drame nailed a three-pointer (18:11) allowing to cross the 10-point mark. When attacking, new ways to score points continued to open, Justas Furmanavičius and Edvinas Šeškus scored 6 points each, while in defense there was still a little lack of accuracy, which allowed Uniclub Casino-Juventus to lead 30:22 after the first quarter.
After an accurate three-pointer by J. Furmavičius, the opponent’s advantage decreased to 4 points (34:30). The pace of the match slowed down, and after playing half of the second half, Ivan Marinković, who had a difficult start to the match, recovered with a powerful layup. After a quick attack, in the peak of which R. Larson provoked an opponent’s foul and scored two points and hit a free throw, the deficit became minimal – 40:39. The second half ended with the hosts still winning – 45:42.
After a little more than 2 minutes passed in the third quarter, E. Šeškus made his third long shot in today’s match, after R. Larson added another three-pointer, O. Kostićius was forced to take a break (51:50). Diante Garret soon changed the result in favor of the Ionavians, and after Furmanavičius’ quick points, CBet’s advantage already reached 4 points (51:55). break (53:61). In the last seconds of the quarter, the home team cut the advantage accumulated by Jonava, and going into the last quarter, the result became 64:67 in favor of “CBet” of Jonava.
E. Šeškus, who scored the 17th point, scored the guests’ first points of the fourth quarter. The fight in the last part of the match was point to point. With a little more than 2 minutes left to play, the score was equal – 80:80, and after J. Furmanavičius’s accurate free throws, the Jonavis team broke through with 2 points. With 36 seconds left to play, Uteniškis again broke through to 85:83, but Furmanavičius scored another fantastic layup and tied the score. Unfortunately, the opponents from Utena hit a long shot late in the game that allowed them to celebrate an 88-85 victory.
Today, Justas Furmanavičius played exceptionally, scoring 24 points and creating several impressive episodes, Edvinas Šeškus showed excellent form for the second game in a row and scored 17 points.
CBet: Justas Furmanavičius 24, Edvinas Šeškus 17 (5 rebounds), Ryan Larson 15 (7 assists, 4 rebounds), Ousmane Drame 10 (5 rebounds, 4 assists), Ivan Marinkovic 9 (rebounds), DIante Garrett 7 (4 assists)
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