Aris lost the fight against Lietkabelis in Lithuania, but Blumbergs also lost due to injury

Aris suffered its third consecutive defeat this year. After a negative result against Gran Canaria in the EuroCup opener and against Olympiakos in the first game of the Basket League, the yellow-blacks of Thessaloniki lost 84:74 to Lietkampelis in Lithuania, in a game in which Robert Blumbergs left the second with an injury Period. Yannis Kastritis was sent off with two technical penalties with 2’56” to go.

Davidas Sirvidis with 21 points and Gendiminas Orelik with 19 points and 8 rebounds led the winners. On the Greek side, Vassilis Toliopoulos scored 19 points, while Silvio de Souza recorded a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds.

Note that Bloomberg visited a hospital in Panevezys to have the extent of the damage suffered examined.

The race

Aris led 7:9 after 2:13 minutes, but Lietkambelis responded with an 11:0 run and scored a double score (18:9) after 4:33. With five points collected by Silvio de Souza and two by Vassilis Toliopoulos, the yellow-blacks came close to -3 (18-15, 7′), which also represented the difference at the end of the quarter (23-20, 10′).

With their good defense as a weapon, Yannis Kastritis’ team not only made up the lost ground, but also overtook them 25:26 at 12:30. Midway through the second period, the home team took the reins again with a 31:26 lead. After one point, Robert Blumbergs injured his left ankle after Gendiminas Orelik left him with no space on a 3-pointer on the landing roller. The Aris player was knocked off the ground while the Lietkampelis player was charged with an unsportsmanlike foul.

Vassilis Toliopoulos took the three shots and made it 31:29. Silvio de Souza equalized (31-31, 16′), but the Lithuanians went to the locker room +7 (43-36, 20′) and used their accuracy from distance (7/12 three-pointers, 58.3% ), in contrast to the Greek team, which acted extremely imprecisely both from a distance (2/12 twos) and from close range (13/27 twos).

Aris found three three-pointers from Toliopoulos, Bohorides and Galinat and got a basket in the 25th minute (51-49). But even then he was unable to gain control of the game. Somehow Lietkambelis escaped with 8 points (61-53) in the 28th minute. Vassilis Toliopoulos scored 19 personal points with a goal foul and a three-pointer and kept Aris in contention for the game (61-59, 30th).

Lietkambelis started the final half with an 8-0 run, gaining a double-digit lead (69-59, 33’13”) and largely clinching the game. It should be noted that Yiannis Kastritis at 2’56” before The player who competed in the final was sent off with two consecutive technical penalties.

THE JUDGE: Pereth, Udyansky, Bittner

THE DECADES: 23-20, 43-36, 61-59, 84-74

LIETCAMBELIS (Stelmachers): Lelevicius, Sabekis 6 (1), Stuknis, Lipkevicius 6 (1/2 three-pointers, 9 rebounds), Slavinskas, Maldounas 5 (4 rebounds, 3 steals), Varnas 3 (1), Orelik 19 (4 /7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds), Popovic 13 (7 rebounds, 5 assists), Hadzibegovic 3 (5 rebounds), Valinskas 8 (2), Sirvidis 21 (2/7 3-pointers)

MARS (Castritis): Slaftsakis, Sanogo 8 (6 rebounds), Toliopoulos 19 (3/7 twos, 3/9 threes, 4/4 shots, 3 assists), Carr 6, Katsivelis (5 rebounds), Bloombergs 2, Bohorides 8 ( 2/6 3-pointers), De Souza 16 (11 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 blocks), Harrell (3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals), Gallinat 15 (2/7 3-pointers)

Lietkampelis’ team statistics: 15/32 2-pointers, 11/25 3-pointers, 21/33 shots, 46 rebounds (15 offensive – 31 defensive), 16 assists, 5 steals, 18 fouls, 2 blocks

Mars Team Statistics: 21/42 2-pointers, 7/28 3-pointers, 11/21 shots, 37 rebounds (15 offensive – 22 defensive), 12 assists, 11 steals, 11 fouls, 5 blocks

The next games of the two teams: On matchday 3 of the EuroCup, Aris hosts Turk Telecom in Alexandria (October 18th, 8:00 p.m.), while Lietkampelis plays against Ulm in Germany (October 17th, 8:30 p.m.).