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Mārtiņš Meiers Photo: FIBA
Latvian basketball player Mārtiņš Meiers scored five points in the ULEB Euroccup on Tuesday, when his team from Wrocław “Šlask” lost. “Šlask” conceded to the team of “Metropolitans 92” in Boulogne with the result 59:74 (20:20, 15:16, 10:17, 14:21).
Meier played for 13 minutes and 26 seconds, with two of the two two-point shots and one of the two “penalties” in the basket. Jūrmalnieks also won four rebounds, violated the rules three times, provoked one remark and scored five efficiency points.
In the Polish team, Kerem Kanter scored with nine points and 14 rebounds, and Kate Hornsby scored 15 points for his opponents. Belgrade’s Partizan, represented by Rodion Kuruc, also failed, acknowledging the superiority of Turk Telekom in Ankara at 71:85 (18:21, 14:22, 14:17, 25:25).
In 13 minutes and 44 seconds, Kuruc made one inaccurate two-point shot, won one rebound, scored three assists, caught three balls, made one mistake, broke twice, provoked one note and scored three efficiency points.
In the Belgrade team, Matthias Lesorts was the most productive with 14 points and eight rebounds, but Anthony Clemons scored 20 points and eight assists. On Wednesday, the “Lietkabelis” of Panevėžys, represented by Kaspars Bērziņš, will visit the “Lokomotiv-Kuban” of Krasnodar, while the “Joventut” of Badalona, represented by Krišs Helmanis, will fight with the “Towers” of Hamburg.
In Group A, the Joventut and Partizan teams have eight wins in ten and 11 games, taking the first two places, Lietkabelis is seventh with five successes in ten battles, and Šlask with nine wins in ten duels is ninth. There are 20 teams participating in the Eurocupus, divided into two groups, where the teams will play two games with each unit. After 18 games, the top eight teams from each group will qualify for the playoffs. Last season, the championship title was won by the Monaco team, beating the Kazan team “Unics” in two games.
