Tonight, one match was played in the joint basketball championship of Latvia and Estonia, where the teams with the worst start of the season met on the court. “Valmiera Glass/ViA” was looking for its first success, taking on “Tarvas” from Rakvere. Colleague Andris Auziņš reports from the Valmiera Olympic Center.
After losing six games, Valmiera’s team against the same loser Rakveri under the leadership of Oskars Virša started excellently – the 7-0 opening lead turned into a 20-point advantage after 10 minutes played, and +21 at halftime. After the rest, the Estonians finally improved their shooting performance and reduced the advantage of the home team even to 6 points, but two minutes before the end of the game, Rakvere was already in the lead for the first time – The last attack on Valmiera was successful and in an incredible way Niks Salenieks equalized the result by bringing the game into overtime, where the Valmiers finally played again the kind of basketball that was demonstrated in the first half in the end winning the first victory of the season 87:79.
Interview – Niks Salenieks, defender of BK “Valmiera Glass/ViA”.
After the victory of Valmiera, Rakvere is the only team in the combined league that has lost all games. But four teams, including Valmiera, have one victory each.
