{"id":1326,"date":"2014-06-25T14:36:43","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T12:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esba-basket.com\/liepaja-2014\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2014-06-25T23:15:54","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T21:15:54","slug":"m4045-patvanka-survive-against-kraukli-projekt-44-stay-perfect-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esba-basket.com\/liepaja-2014\/2014\/06\/25\/m4045-patvanka-survive-against-kraukli-projekt-44-stay-perfect-too\/","title":{"rendered":"M40\/45: Patvanka, Project-44 &amp; Impeka win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Patvanka <\/b>improved to a 3-0 record in the M40\/45 group after winning a<strong> 76-73<\/strong> thriller against the local side <b>Kraukli<\/b>, despite struggling heavily in the first half of play.<\/p>\n<p>The Lithuanians trailed for the entirety of the first half, but managed to turn it around in the third quarter. Having won the period 18-9, <b>Patvanka <\/b>jumped out ahead to a 58-52 advantage.<\/p>\n<p>However, <b>Kraukli <\/b>came back and had a chance to tie the game with the last shot of if the game, but <b>Mihail Zvezdov\u2019s<\/b> attempt didn\u2019t reach the target. <b>Zvezdov <\/b>finished the game as the top scorer, having scored 33 points.<\/p>\n<p>For <b>Patvanka<\/b>, <b>Darius Lukminas <\/b>nailed 7-of-14 from downtown for a total of 27 points, while <b>Irmunas Juskys <\/b>added 12.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <b>Project-44 <\/b>also kept a clean record thrashing <b>Energetikas. <\/b>Led by <b>Sergey Ivanov<\/b>, the team from Moscow routed the Lithuanians <b>86-44<\/b> after getting off to a 20-4 start in the opening period.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ivanov <\/b>had 26 points and 14 rebounds for <b>Projekt-44<\/b>, with <b>Vladimir Gaikovich <\/b>and <b>Oleg Chikish<\/b> adding 14 and 13 points respectively.<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Two players finished the game in double figures for <b>Energetikas<\/b>, as <b>Sigitas Lenktaitis <\/b>and <b>Dainius<\/b> <b>Stanaitis <\/b>collected 16 points each, with the latter also grabbing 17 boards.<\/p>\n<p>In the last group game of the day, <b>Impeka <\/b>cruised to an easy victory against <b>Basketclub <\/b>from Kaliningrad, coming out on top <b>88-43<\/b>. Good shooting from outside allowed the Mazeikiai side to pull away in the first frame.<\/p>\n<p>Having established a double-digit gap, the Lithuanians never looked back and cruised to an easy win, which now puts them at 2-1 in the standings.<\/p>\n<p><b>Aivaras Jokubaitis <\/b>finished the game with a massive double-double of 35 points and 17 rebounds, <b>Erikas Uscinas<\/b> scored 15 points, grabbed eight boards and dished out five assists,<b> <\/b>while <b>Giedrius<\/b> <b>Petrulevicius <\/b>chipped in with 13 points and 16 boards.<\/p>\n<p>For <b>Basketclub<\/b>, <b>Ilya Fichkin<\/b> had a team-high 17 points and 10 rebounds, with <b>Oleg<\/b> <b>Gorskii <\/b>scoring 12 points and grabbing seven rebounds.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Day 5 | Men&#039;s Highlights\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N3tS-M0ZVuA?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>Patvanka improved to a 3-0 record in the M40\/45 group after winning a 76-73 thriller against the local side Kraukli, despite struggling heavily in the first half of play. 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