Jurbarkas-Karys, led by veterans, is one step away from the NKL trophy

The debutants of the league, who are fighting for the Champions Trophy, took a 2-1 lead in the series up to three victories. The fourth duel between the teams will return to Kretinga on Sunday.

This was the first failure of “Kretinga” on the road, until now Arimantas Mikaločius’ students had triumphed all 8 times away from home. They are 1-4 at home.

Delininkaitis scored 24 points in 27 minutes (3/4 doubles, 4/4 triples, 6/6 penalties). He also had 2 rebounds, 7 assists and 27 utility points.

After the start of the match, the home team dictated the rules of the game and after 6 minutes of the match, Jurbarka players had a double-digit lead (16:4).

Although the guests managed to cut the deficit to 5 points (22:27), the Jurbarka team regained control of the match and, after holding a 9-0 run, pulled away even more at the beginning of the third quarter – 54:37.

After the long break, the “Jurbarko-Kario” basketball players, who did not let off the gas pedal and scored points with three-pointers and free throws, began to crush their opponents and took a very strong step towards victory – 73:55.

“Jurbarkas-Karys”, who did not waste their advantage in the decisive quarter, celebrated an assured victory.

For the Jurbarka team, Ignas Juškevičius scored 13 points (6/9 doubles, 1/1 penalty), rebounded 12 balls, made 2 assists and collected 28 utility points in 22 minutes.

Mindaugas Stašys stood out in the ranks of the Kretinga team, who had 20 points (6/11 doubles, 1/3 triples, 5/5 penalties), a rebound, 3 assists and 19 utility points in 27 minutes.

“Jurbarkas-Karys”: Tomas Delininkaitis 24 (4/4 tr., 6/6 penalties, 7 assists, 4 fouls, 27 uses), Aidas Kavaliauskas 14 (2/5 tr., 6/6 penalty, 6 assists), Mindaugas Lukauskis (3/7 triples, 4 fouls) and Ignas Juškevičius (6/9 doubles, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 28 shots) each 13, Vytautas Šarakauskas 10 (5/8 doubles, 8 rebounds), Karolis Kokoška 7 (1/5 triples, 8 rebounds).