The first victory in the round of 3 was won by the basketball players of Kaunas "Žalgirio-XNUMX", who at home 81:63 (19:22, 21:14, 23:9, 18:18) beat Vilnius "Ryto-MRU" team.
In the series up to three victories, the result became 1:0.
The intrigue in the match lasted for two halves. The people of Vilnius managed to gain a 3-point lead (22:19) after the first quarter, but in the second quarter, the people of Kaunas took the initiative and overturned the result (40:36).
After the break, the Žalgiris players played a wonderful 10 minutes, during which they allowed their opponents to score only 9 points and thus gained a crushing advantage (63:45).
During the entire fourth quarter, the difference between the teams hovered around 20 points, and the Kaunas team recorded its first victory in the round of XNUMX.
Mantas Kočanas scored 21 points, Gvidas Gicevičius scored 13, Jokūbas Rudaitis added 12 points.
Ignas Urbonas scored 18 points for Vilnius, Titas Pundinas scored 15, Aistis Lukoševičius added 8 points.
The winner of this pair will meet the Kėdainiai Sports Center team in the quarterfinals.
The second match of this series will take place on March 30, in Vilnius.
The victorious start of the Skuodas and Trakai teams
Skuodas KKSC-"Kuršasta", which took second place in Group B, started victoriously in the playoffs, which at home 91:79 (18:18, 23:22, 29:26, 21:13) surpassed VKM-NAPC.
In the series up to two victories, the result is 1:0.
The people of Vilnius posed a serious challenge to their rivals. After two quarters, the teams were separated by just one point (41:40), and after three - only 4 points (70:66).
However, the hosts managed to prove their superiority in the fourth quarter, where they gained a double-digit advantage.
At the beginning of the quarter, the guests had reduced the deficit to 6 points (72:66), but since then the Skudos club ran and ran away from their opponents.
Denas Andriuškevičius scored 19 points for the winners, Julius Kryževičius and Gytautas Kibelkis scored 15 each, Laurynas Andrijauskas added 10 points.
The 27 points of Mantas Liutkevičius did not save the Vilnius team, Aironas Urbanovič scored 15, Kipras Redeckas added 12 points.
The second match of the series will take place in Vilnius on March 30.
The winner of this pair will face "Trakai-MAGNUS" and VDU-2 pair winner. This series has also already started and a crushing victory was achieved by the Trakai team, which is at home 95:67 (30:15, 24:16, 18:17, 23:19) crushed their rivals.
The hosts settled matters in the match even before the long break. Having scored 54 points in the first half of the match, the basketball players of "Trakai-MAGNUS" gained a 23-point lead and did not let it go until the end of the match.
In the first match of the series, Rokas Jukonis scored 25 points, Vincent Adomaitis scored 17, Laurynas Kirlys added 13 points.
For the losers, Nojus Lebskas scored 19 points, Žygymantas Sabaliauskas scored 12, Steponas Baltrušaitis added 10 points.
The second match of the series will take place on April 4 Beautiful.
