Swedich team reminded of their strength in the small final against Aisciai from Kaunas 99:98  after overtime.  F. Drains 25 points helped his team to secure the 3rd place in the SEB BBL Challenge Cup.

Dolphins had an inspired start of the game (4:0, 2min, 15:6, 3min.). Their offenses were well-coordianted.  With the help of Gervin and Grant, Dolphins acquired a  lead after the first quarter -  25:16.


The situation started to look even more grim for the Aisciai fans, as the gap continued widening in the second quarter (35:21, 6min,38:21,5min.). But Aisciai had good 5 minutes and score after the first half was not so bad for lithuanian - 44:37 by Dolphins.


In the second half, Aisciai started increasing the tempo, and this partially worked (48:48,7min. 55:48 (by Aisciai), 5min).  After the third quarter 65:62 by Kaunas team.



Even if Dolphin managed to close up to a dangerous range (79:77,3min.), Aisciai were not in a mood to play around. But in the last minutes they were not capable of maintaining their lead till the end of the game. "Dolphins" reached overtime - 87:87.


Overtime began with Masiulis and Dimsa dunks,  but "Dolphins" has  answers to (95:94 (by Aisciai),2min.). Both teams kept intrigue until last seconds , but Dolphins was a little stronger.



Top scorers:


Aisciai: E.Dimsa 32, P. Beliavicius 24,  T.Masiulis 20.


Dolphins: F.Drains 25, G.Gervin 21 J.Kjelbom 16.