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“VEF Rīga” beat “Rytas” with 85:81 (28:12, 14:33, 18:18, 25:18).
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At the beginning of the match, the “Vefans” took the lead with 19: 2, reaching the biggest advantage in the game. Christopher Zorik scored five points during this time, the rest – “legionnaires”.
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Vilnius basketball players started to beat the superiority of the guests at the beginning of the second quarter, reaching 33:33 in the 16th minute of the match after Dovja Bičkauskas’ three-point show. “VEF Rīga” still reached 40:35 in its favor, but the end of the quarter was won by the home team with 10: 2.
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In the third half of the game, the home team continued the offensive, while the guests experienced various adversities in the attack, which prevented them from replenishing the number of points. The “Rytas” quarter gained 11 points three times in the third quarter, but the end of the quarter belonged to the “Vefis”, winning by 8: 0. All these points in the account of foreign players, four of them – for Almen.
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The Rigans scored the first four points in the last quarter, after not allowing the homeowners anything more than a draw.
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The note norm caused problems for the Rigans, and two minutes before the end of the match, one of the most productive men left Almens on Tuesday with the fifth note. After half a minute he was followed by Alexander Madsen, who also played a big role in the game. Less than half a minute later, Aigars Šķēle joined them on the reserve bench with five notes.
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Mārcis Vītols earned an unnecessary note in the attack by repelling the opponent on his side of the field 4.1 seconds before the end of the match, but the fight ended with a blocked throw by Michael Kaizer.
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In the second group match, “Strasbourg” at home convincingly beat “Peristeri” – 77:57 (13:17, 23:17, 20:10, 21:13).
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Deander Lensdaun scored 21 points for the home team and 16 points for the guest on Terena Peteveja’s account.
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In group E, after three rounds of games, two victories are “Strasbourg” and “VEF Rīga”, one by one – “Peristeri” and “Rytas”.
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“VEF Rīga” “Pafbet” has not lost in ten matches in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League (LIBL) this season, the court has had all the matches against Latvian teams.
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On October 28, Rigans lost to the French club “Strasbourg” at the very end of the match (75:77), but in the second game they beat “Peristeri” with 84:81, celebrating their first success in this competition after a year and 26 days break. Since the loss, the French club has celebrated a total of six consecutive victories in both tournaments.
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Vilnius “Rytas” is in the third place in the Lithuanian championship with a balance of 7-4, but in the Champions League they first lost “Peristeri” at home with 88: 106, but then outpaced “Strasbourg” with 83:81.
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The teams had not met in each other’s games for five years. The last victory over the Lithuanians was in April 2011, when “VEF Rīga” won the Baltic League semi-final (79:68). The next three fights have been lost, the last of which in the friendly match – in September 2015 (62:87).
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In the previous two league games against the same opponents, the “Vefians” have better scored two-point shots (58.6% against 44.3% of Lithuanians), but have worn three-point shots (38.5% against 45.7%) and penalties (63% against 78 %) shots.
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The Rigans fought better under the baskets (40 rebounds against 32), blocked more throws (four against two in the game), but less caught the ball (four times against six) and played successfully (17 against 18).
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Last season, “VEF Rīga” debuted in the FIBA Champions League, in group C with one success in 14 games in the last place, while “Peristeri” in the same group in the fourth place.
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“VEF Rīga” last participated in Old Continent club tournaments in the 2014/2015 season, when it played in the ULEB Eurocup.
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The elimination tournament will be achieved by the two best teams from each subgroup.
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The fifth season is taking place in the Champions League tournament, and only “Ventspils” team from Latvia have participated in this competition before. In the first year, Ventspils entered the first round of the playoffs, ranking fifth and sixth in the group for the next two seasons and continuing the fight in the FIBA European Cup.
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Also this year, competitions were planned in four groups of eight teams, the best four of which will advance to the next round, but the Covid-19 pandemic has forced the organizers to decide to cut the groups in half.
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Due to Covid-19, the 2019/2020 season was completed only at the end of September – beginning of October, when the winner of the competition “bubble” in Athens was Burgos “San Pablo”, who played against the home AEK in the final with 85:74.
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Artis Ate, Arnolds Helmanis, Verners Kohs, Emīls Krūmiņš, Pēteris Salmiņš, Aigars Šķēle, Mārcis Vītols and Kristers Zoriks, American basketball players Kails Almens, Maikls Kaisers and Aizeja Kaisers have also entered the FIBA Champions League Madsens.
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The team is led by head coach Jānis Gailītis, assisted by Jevgenijs Kosuškins and Dāvis Čoders, as well as physical training coach Oskars Ernšteins.
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