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Ojārs Siliņš Photo: FIBA
Latvian basketball player Ojārs Siliņš scored eight points in the United League game in Moscow on Monday, but he and Tallinn’s “Kalev” / “Cramo”, represented by Mārčs Vītols, conceded to Moscow’s CSKA. Tallinn’s “Kalev” / “Cramo”, represented by Vītols and Siliņš and led by Roberts Štelmahers and Akselis Vairogs unexpected loss in the first ring ‘in Tallinn.
Siliņš sent all four two-point shots in the basket in the 22 minutes and 47 seconds he spent in the basket, but the ball flew past the basket after two long shots. He also won five rebounds, scored one time, caught one ball, made three mistakes, earned one personal note, and finished the game with the second worst +/- score in -28 and the team’s top ten.
Meanwhile, Vītols did not score points in the 12 minutes and 28 seconds he spent on the field, not hitting long-distance shots twice and two-point shots once. He also has two rebounds and three assists, two errors and five remarks, as well as the team’s best +/- score and zero efficiency.
In the Tallinn team with 12 points, the most successful was Sailess Melson. Alexei Swede was the most successful in the Moscow team with 17 points. In the United League of Perm, represented by Marek Meier, the fifth place in the United League with a balance of 6-4 ranks fifth in the tournament table, while the “Kalev” / “Cramo” represented by Siliņa and Vītols takes the ninth place and has won three games in ten games.
This season, 12 teams will start in the main tournament, which is one less than last year. Eight represent Russia in the absence of the Moscow-based Khimki team, but one each is from Estonia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Poland. The VEF Rīga team is not participating in the tournament for the third season in a row. The 2020/2021 league season ended with the victory of the Moscow CSKA team in the final series with 3-0 over Kazan “Uniks”. Since the 2011/2012 season, CSKA has never lost the title of champion in the United League.
