The show of T. Delininkaitis, who turned back time, brought “Jurbarka-Kari” closer to the NKL title

In the third match of the final, Jurbarkas “Jurbarkas-Karys” beat Kretinga “Kretinga” coached by Arimantas Mikaločius at home 93:76 (22:14, 27:23, 24:18, 20:21) and took the lead in the final series to 3 wins with the result (2 :1).

This was the first failure of “Kretinga” on the road, until now Arimantas Mikaločius’ students had triumphed all 8 times away from home. In their stronghold, their score is 1/4.

The incredible T. Delininkinitis led “Jurbarkas-Karis” to victory once again.

The 41-year-old defenseman scored 24 points (3/4 doubles, 4/4 triples, 6/6 penalties), distributed 7 assists, made 4 mistakes and accumulated 27 utility points in 27 minutes.

44-year-old Mindaugas Lukauskis contributed to the victory of “Jurbarka-Karios” with 13 points (1/1 doubles, 3/7 triples, 2/2 penalties) and 4 rebounds.

The performance of Mindaugas Stasis did not save “Kretinga” from defeat. The defender scored 20 points in 27.5 minutes (6/11 doubles, 1/3 triples, 5/5 penalties) and made 3 assists.

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

Although the visitors managed to cut the deficit to 5 points (22:27), the Jurbarka team regained control of the duel 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.

“Jurbarkas-Karys” will be able to close the final series on Sunday, when from 6:00 p.m. in the fourth match, they will face A. Mikaločius and his team in Kretinga.

“Jurbarkas-Karys”: Tomas Delininkaitis 24, Aidas Kavaliauskas 14 (1/4 doubles, 2/5 triples, 6/6 penalties, 6 assists), Mindaugas Lukauskis and Ignas Juškevičius (6/9 doubles, 1/1 penalty). , 12 points, 4 points, 13 points, Vytautas Šarakauskas 10 (5/8 points, 19 points).

“Cretinga”: Mindaugas Stašys 20, Mantas Ruikis 15 (5/9 doubles, 1/9 triples, 2/3 penalties, 5 rebounds, 3 assists), Edgaras Danys 13 (4/6 doubles, 1 /4 triples, 2/2 penalties, 3 assists, 3 goals), Nojus Pabrieža 10 (2/3 doubles, 6/6 penalties) and Rytis Zabita 9 (3/4 doubles, 3/4 penalties, 7 rebounds, 17 points).