{"id":1140,"date":"2014-06-22T15:34:29","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T13:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esba-basket.com\/liepaja-2014\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2014-06-23T00:22:27","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T22:22:27","slug":"m5055-perlas-and-raviollo-start-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esba-basket.com\/liepaja-2014\/2014\/06\/22\/m5055-perlas-and-raviollo-start-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"M50\/55: Perlas and Raviollo Start Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the M50\/55 age category, <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Perlas<\/strong><\/span> got off to a\u00a0thumping start in the tournament, taking the first game <strong>91-49<\/strong> against Latvian team <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><b>Virtuozo <\/b><\/span>from Riga. The Lithuanians from Vilnius left the home side no chances, breaking away to double-digits from the early going and cruising safely in front the whole game.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Arunas Grigas<\/strong><\/span> was the leading scorer with 21 points, <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Romualdas Brazauskas<\/strong><\/span> added 18 points and seven assists, while <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Eugenijus Kaziliunas<\/strong><\/span> chipped in with 14 points for the winners from Vilnius.<\/p>\n<p>For <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><b>Virtuozo<\/b><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Andris Liepins<\/strong><\/span> collected 16 points and nine rebounds after playing the whole 40 minutes, while <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Dainis Dauksts<\/strong><\/span> contributed with nine points and 16 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>Two excellent quarters were enough for<span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong> Raviollo<\/strong><\/span> to earn an <strong>86-60<\/strong> victory against<span style=\"color: #ff6600\"> <strong>Salilita<\/strong><\/span>. The team from Saint Petersburg outscored their rivals from Vilnius 23-12 in the first period and 24-10 in the fourth period,\u00a0 which was the main reason behind the 26-point overall advantage.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Vladimir Pechenitsyn<\/strong><\/span> scored 24 points, <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Boris Popkov<\/strong><\/span> added 20 points, while <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Aleksei Ugriumov<\/strong><\/span> finished the game with 13 points and 9 rebounds for <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Raviollo<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Aivaras Raskauskas<\/strong><\/span> was the top scorer for the Lithuanian team with 15 points, <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Silvijus Zivatkauskas<\/strong><\/span> had 14, while <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Stanislovas Kaulius<\/strong> <\/span>chipped in with 13.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Day 2 | Men&#039;s  Highlights\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YVRmLGWIAso?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the M50\/55 age category, Perlas got off to a\u00a0thumping start in the tournament, taking the first game 91-49 against Latvian team Virtuozo from Riga. 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