<p class="MsoBodyText" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="LT">After a tough battle Latvian champion <a href="/index.php/ZnVzZWFjdGlvbj10ZWFtcy5tYWluJnQ9NTg=">Ventspils</a> club managed to come up victorious against an ambitious <a href="/index.php/ZnVzZWFjdGlvbj10ZWFtcy5tYWluJnQ9NDk=">Panevezys</a> team. Ventspils held off the Lithuanians <a href="/index.php/ZnVzZWFjdGlvbj1nYW1lcy5tYWluJmdfaWQ9Mzk5">83:77 (17:29, 18:16, 24:22, 24:10)</a> and started SEB BBL season with a win.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="LT" style="mso-ansi-language: LT">? </span></p><p /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="LT" style="mso-ansi-language: LT">Panevezys started the game strong and put on a double digit lead early (14:4). The Latvians were forced to ask for a timeout to talk it over. However, the situation hasn't changed in the rest of the first quarter and after first 10 minutes Panevezys was ahead by 12 points (29:17).</span></p><p /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="LT" style="mso-ansi-language: LT">? </span></p><p /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="LT" style="mso-ansi-language: LT">The view on the court remained the same at the beginning of the second period, but later Ventspils reduced their deficit to the single-digts ?€“ 28:33. Yet Panevezys didn't lose the initiative and regained a bigger advantage ?€“ 41:31. Players went to the locker-rooms as the score was 45:35 up by the hosts.</span></p><p /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="LT" style="mso-ansi-language: LT">? </span></p><p /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="LT" style="mso-ansi-language: LT"><a href="/index.php/ZnVzZWFjdGlvbj1wbGF5ZXJzLm1haW4mdD00OSZwPTU5Ng==">Tomas Gaidamavicius</a> started the second half with a three-pointer to enlarge the lead to 13 (48:35). After 3 minutes of play Ventspils once again cut the margin to 5 points (45:50). Panevezys kept their lead till the end of the third quarter ?€“ 67:59.</span></p><p /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="LT" style="mso-ansi-language: LT">? </span></p><p /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="LT" style="mso-ansi-language: LT">Absolutely similar situation remained early in the final period. After 4 minutes of play the hosts were ahead by 7 points (70:63). The battle on the court almost turned into a fight in the middle of the quarter, but the players controlled themselves and continued to play a fair game. After 5 minutes of play Ventspils cut the deficit to 2 points. Panevezys had a timeout, but it didn't help as the opponents overbalanced the score at 71:70.</span></p><p /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="LT" style="mso-ansi-language: LT">? </span></p><p /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="LT" style="mso-ansi-language: LT">With more than 2 minutes left in a game T.Gaidamavicius made the basket plus foul. However, the shot from the free throw line was no good. Ventspils answered with a long range shot to recapture a fragile lead ?€“ 74:72. The guests continued successful play. They scored 4 points without an answer to put on a 6 points advantage ?€“ 78:72. In the last minute of the contest Ventspils received a lot of fouls, but that kind of tactics to foul the opponents did not help Panevezys as the Latvians nocked down the important shots from the line to win the game.</span></p><p /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="LT" style="mso-ansi-language: LT">? </span></p><p /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="LT" style="mso-ansi-language: LT"><em>Top scorers:</em></span></p><p /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="LT" style="mso-ansi-language: LT">? </span></p><p /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="LT" style="mso-ansi-language: LT"><u>Ventspils:</u> <a href="/index.php/ZnVzZWFjdGlvbj1wbGF5ZXJzLm1haW4mdD01OCZwPTY3MQ==">Justin Love</a> ?€“ 21 point, <a href="/index.php/ZnVzZWFjdGlvbj1wbGF5ZXJzLm1haW4mdD01OCZwPTY3Mg==">Eddie Shannon</a> ?€“ 20 (6 ast., 8 st.), <a href="/index.php/ZnVzZWFjdGlvbj1wbGF5ZXJzLm1haW4mdD01OCZwPTY3NA==">Aksels Vairogs</a> ?€“ 11.</span></p><p /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="LT" style="mso-ansi-language: LT">? </span></p><p /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="LT" style="mso-ansi-language: LT"><u>Panevezys:</u> T.Gaidamavicius ?€“ 19 (6 rbs.), <a href="/index.php/ZnVzZWFjdGlvbj1wbGF5ZXJzLm1haW4mdD00OSZwPTU5NA==">Gintautas Vileita</a> ?€“ 12 (5 ast.), <a href="/index.php/ZnVzZWFjdGlvbj1wbGF5ZXJzLm1haW4mdD00OSZwPTU5OA==">Paulius Pociuipa</a> and <a href="/index.php/ZnVzZWFjdGlvbj1wbGF5ZXJzLm1haW4mdD00OSZwPTYwMQ==">Sarunas Velius</a> ?€“ 9 apiece.</span></p><p />

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