{"id":1426,"date":"2014-06-26T19:57:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T17:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esba-basket.com\/liepaja-2014\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2014-06-27T09:19:16","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T07:19:16","slug":"m4045-impeka-hand-first-loss-to-projekt-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esba-basket.com\/liepaja-2014\/2014\/06\/26\/m4045-impeka-hand-first-loss-to-projekt-44\/","title":{"rendered":"M40\/45: Impeka Hand First Loss to Projekt-44"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">Impeka <\/b><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">handed <\/span><b style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">Project-44 <\/b><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">their first loss on Thursday, defeating the Russian team <\/span><b style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">74-64 <\/b><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">and securing the first place in the M40 category. The sides exchanged the lead a handful of times in the beginning of the game, but the Lithuanians won a 9-2 stretch at the end of the second quarter to finish the first half with a 39-27 lead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The team from Mazeikiai maintained a small gap throughout the second half and, although <b>Project-44 <\/b>got within five points with a couple of minutes remaining, managed to hold on.<\/p>\n<p><b>Giedrius Petrulevicius<\/b> led the winners with 23 points and 11 rebounds, <b>Edvardas Stanius<\/b> collected 12 points and seven boards, while <b>Erikas Uscinas<\/b> and <b>Arvydas Domkus<\/b> collected 11 points apiece.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sergey Ivanov<\/b> had 21 points, while <b>Gintars Einikis<\/b> collected 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the loss, <b>Project-44 <\/b>is still in the race for the top spot in the M45 category, alongside <b>Patvanka, <\/b>who they will face in the last day of the championship on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <b>Patvanka <\/b>kept their record intact, improving to 4-0 with an 85-58 rout of <b>Basketclub<\/b>. <b>Darius<\/b> <b>Lukminas<\/b> finished the game with a game-high 26 points, <b>Robertas Butkus<\/b> collected 17 points, while <b>Kestutis Amolevicius<\/b> and <b>Mindaugas Lukminas<\/b> collected 10 points each.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ilya Fichkin<\/b> scored 15 points, <b>Eduard Leshukov<\/b> chipped in with 13 points, and <b>Andrey Kodochnikov<\/b> finished with 12.<b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Although <b>Kraukli<\/b> have no hopes to nip <b>Impeka <\/b>for the top spot in the <b>M40 <\/b>category, having lost the head-to-head match-up, but they seem to have guaranteed themselves silver medals with an 84-58 victory against group rivals <b>Energetikas<\/b> from Lithuania.<\/p>\n<p>Lithuanians managed to put up a fight in the beginning of the game, taking a 25-23 lead after the first quarter.<b> Kraukli <\/b>jumped ahead in the second quarter, carrying a 43-39 advantage into the second half.<\/p>\n<p>However, the real breaking point happened in the third quarter, which the Latvian hosts won 22-6 to decide the outcome of the game.<\/p>\n<p><b>Mihail Zvezdov<\/b> led the winners with 27 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, <b>Janis Vilnitis<\/b> chipped in with 14 points, while <b>Modris Sveiduks<\/b> added 11 points.<\/p>\n<p><b>Arunas Knieta<\/b> had 24 points and 13 boards for <b>Energetikas<\/b>, while <b>Valdas Siksnius<\/b> was the only other player in double figures with 10 points.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Day 6 | Men&#039;s Highlihgts\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YwbZvV2FroI?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>Impeka handed Project-44 their first loss on Thursday, defeating the Russian team 74-64 and securing the first place in the M40 category. 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