There is room for old men in Lithuanian basketball: the Jurbarkas club won the NKL gold

Jurbarka players, who finished the regular season in fourth place, won the final series 3-1.

It was also the first final for Kretinga, who are playing in the 7bet-NKL premiership for the third year.

On the way to it, the Jurbarkas club dealt with “Vyčius-VDU” and “Olimpus” of Palanga, and the Kretinga team – with “Žalgiris-2” of Kaunas, “Telšias” and “Sūduva-Mantinga” of Marijampolė.

Ignas Juškevičius scored the first 9 points for Jurbarki and the fight started hard (9:8), but the visitors went ahead after an 11:2 run and gained a double-digit advantage (27:15). Tomos Delininkaitis had his say in the second quarter and scored 13 points, and the guests had a strong lead after the first half of the duel – 43:29.

In the first half of the match, both teams had a hard time making long shots – Jurbarka players nailed 2 out of 13 attempts (15%), while Kretingi responded with 2 out of 12 attempts (16%).

After the long break, the Kretingi team showed that they are not raising the white flag yet and started the half with a 10:2 score (39:45). The home team, which remained in the fight, had a 7-point difference from their rivals before the decisive 10 minutes – 51:58.

Less than 5 minutes left. Karolis Kokoška crowned the guests’ 11:2 run with a three-pointer (72:59). During the rest of the time, the team from Kretinga was unable to break through the course of the match and had to accept the superiority of the opponents.

Tomas Delininkaitis stood out in Jurbarka’s team, who had 21 points (4/6 doubles, 2/3 triples, 7/9 penalties), 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 27 utility points in 36 minutes.

Mindaugas Lukauskis added 19 points (2/2 doubles, 3/8 triples, 6/6 penalties), 7 catches, 4 assists and 23 utility points in 36.5 minutes.

For the Kretinga team, Mindaugas Stašys scored 30 points (7/12 doubles, 2/7 triples, 10/11 penalties), rebounded 3 balls, made 7 assists and collected 33 utility points in 35 minutes.

“Cretinga”: Mindaugas Stašys 30 (7/12 doubles, 2/7 triples, 10/11 penalties, 7 assists, 33 assists), Nojus Pabrieža 12 (5/7 doubles, 6 rebounds), Ernestas Bružas 10 (2/4 tr.), Edgaras Danys 9 (1/5 tr., 3 overs, 4 fouls), Mantas Ruikis (1/6 tr.) and Modestas Jurkaitis (2/3 tr. ) after 8.

“Jurbarkas-Karys”: Tomas Delininkaitis 21 (4/6 doubles, 2/3 triples, 7/9 penalties, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 27 assists), Mindaugas Lukauskis 19 (3/8 triples, 6 /6 points, 7 points, 4 assists, Karolis Kokoška 15 (6/6 points, 6 points), Vytautas Šarakauskas 14 (5/6 points, 8 points). ), Ignas Juškevičius 9 (4/8 dvit.).

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