“Rytas”, which made an impressive run, tripped “Wolves” for the second time in the Vilnius derby

Lithuanian vice-champions 99:83 (27:19, 23:25, 19:25, 30:14) beat Vilnius “Wolves” for the second time this season and in the future, if the teams have the same ratio of wins and losses, “Rytas” will have a mutual advantage over ” Wolf”.

Wolves won the first team derby 84:74, Rytas won the second 89:72.

Marcus Foster put on an impressive performance for Ryto. The defenseman scored 31 points (5/9 doubles, 6/9 triples, 3/3 penalty), 7 assists, 4 rebounds and a 34-point performance in 29 minutes.

Martynas Echodas provided great support for the American. In 29 minutes on the floor, the center scored 20 points (8/11 doubles, 4/8 penalties), grabbed 10 rebounds and accumulated 29 utility points.

Jeffery Taylor stood out for Wolves. The seasoned veteran scored 22 points (4/5 doubles, 3/5 triples, 5/6 penalties), 3 assists and 21 RRP in 27 minutes.

In the first part of the match, Rytas controlled the course of the match. The Lithuanian vice-champions built up a double-digit lead (27:16) already in the first half. It is true that in the second quarter, Wolves had tied the result of the duel (38:38), but Rytas led by Marcus Foster went into the long break leading by six points (50:44).

In the third quarter, the Wolves basketball players looked a little better, and with 3 minutes before the end of the quarter, they changed the result of the game in their favor (59:60). For the rest of the half, both teams fought point to point, and the scoreboard remained even after the third quarter. After a long two-pointer by Lukas Uleckos, “Rytas” evened the score of the match (69:69).

In the decisive quarter, the “Wolves” played better, and in the first four minutes they had a fragile lead of a few points against “Ryta” (74:77). However, after that, “Rytas” won the five-minute section 22:4, which allowed G. Žibėnas’ students to accumulate a fifteen-point advantage (96:81). Finally, at the end of the fourth quarter, G. Žibėnos’ students maintained solidity and won for the second time this season against “Vilkus” (99:83).

“Rytas” is currently in second place in the LKL, and “Wolves” is in third place.

“Morning”: Marcus Foster 31, Martynas Echodas 20, Arnas Velička 12 (0/2 doubles, 4/6 triples, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 errors, 15 points), Gytis Radzevičius ( 4/4 doubles, 0/1 triple, 2/3 penalties, 7 rebounds, 3 errors, 6 turnovers, 15 points and Lukas Uleckas (3/3 doubles, 1/5 triple, 1/2 penalty) 10 each, Javin DeLaurier 8 (2/3 double, 1/2 triple, 1/2 penalty).

Wolves: Jeffery Taylor 22, Rasheed Sulaimon (2/5 doubles, 2/9 triples) and Christian Mekowulu (2/3 triples, 6/10 free, 3 rebounds, 7 turnovers) each 12, Tre’Shawn Thurman 11 (4/4 doubles, 1/2 triples) and Eigirdas Žukauskas 10 (1/1 doubles, 2/4 triples, 2/2 penalties, 6 rebounds, 17 assists) bal.).

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