It was the first road victory for Lietkabelis, which snapped a three-game losing streak
Lietkabelis surprises Jerusalem in Bulgaria, 87-93
Game Report
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Regular Season
Round 11 of 18
Group B
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7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys earned a well-deserved road win at Samokov Arena in Bulgaria by downing second-placed Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem by 87-93 on Wednesday night. The visitors ruled 41-49 at halftime but had to wait till the last moments of the fourth quarter to secure the win thanks to a 4-10 run in which Martinas Rubstavicius scored 6 points. Jerusalem slipped to 7-4 and lost distance from first place, while Lietkabelis improved to 3-7 to stay alive in the playoff race.
Rubstavicius led the winners with 19 points in 22 minutes. Oleksandr Kovliar followed with career-high 18 points and 6 assists, Gabrielius Maldunas contributed 13 points, 7 boards and 5 steals, and Martynas Varnas and Vytenis Lipkevicius chipped in 11 and 10 respectively. Jared Harper was the game's top scorer with 24 points, Khadeen Carrington delivered 13 points and 7 rebounds, and Chris Johnson and Jeremy Morgan scored 13 apiece in the losing effort.
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Ogbeide with the spin and slam! Magic Moment of the Night
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Carrington's body control! Magic Moment
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Lipkevicius creates a triple from nothing! Magic Moment
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Kalaitzakis's circus shot! Magic Moment
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Papagiannis blocks the way! Motorola Magic Moment
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Lessort has lift-off! Motorola Magic Moment
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Blossomgame’s explosive slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Zoosman's baseline slam! Magic Moment
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Harper to Chachashvili alley-oop! Magic Moment
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Ogbeide super-slam! Magic Moment of the Night
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Cornelius from deep at the buzzer! Magic Moment
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Ogbeide closes it with authority Magic Moment
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Ogbeide dunks off a Dovrat alley-oop pass! Magic Moment
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Stipanovic sends Varnas dunking! Magic Moment
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Pecarski’s monster block to on Castaneda! Magic Moment
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Stipanovic dunks in front of Pansa! Magic Moment
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Stipanovic with a brilliant behind-the-back assist! Magic Moment
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Speedy Smith with the beautiful dish! Magic Moment
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What a block by Johnson, Magic Moment
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Johnson chases down Lottie for the block! Magic Moment
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Vasiliauskas dunks in traffic! Magic Moment
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Magic Moment: Johnson beats the third-quarter buzzer!
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Magic Moment: Justin Smith finishes in style!
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An erratic offense punished Jerusalem in the early going as Lietkabelis grabbed a 2-8 lead after 3 minutes. The visitors already had four different scorers, but the hosts stopped the game with a timeout and immediately found Morgan in the corner for a three that changed the trend. A three-point play by Carrington and an inside bucket by Derek Oegbide gave Jerusalem its first advantage of the night at 12-11. Maldunas came to the rescue, scoring 5 points in the blink of an eye to help the visitors recover the lead, 17-18, at the end of the first quarter.
Kovliar and Varnas joined Maldunas early in the second to extend it to 19-23, as Harper became the only one to produce in offense for Jerusalem at that moment. Even though Gabi Chachashvili showed up inside to improve the hosts scoring production, Kovliar kept rocking to swell the difference to 27-33 midway through the second period. Harper and Carrington managed to connect from downtown to give Jerusalem some rhythm, but Lietkabelis took advantage of the hosts' turnovers to hold on and keep ahead 38-42 entering the last minute of the quarter. A four-point play by Rubstavicius and a buzzer-beating triple by Lipkevicius made it even better for the Lithuanian side, 41-49, at halftime.
Johnson came up big after the break, as he opened fire with a three to start a 7-2 run that he also closed with an alley-oop, making it 49-51 early in the third quarter. Oegbide took over to make it all square twice and then turned the tables from the free throw line, 54-53. Lietkabelis didn’t panic, though, and used Briggs inside and Varlas outside to build a 54-60 advantage only a couple of minutes later. An 8-0 run launched by Chachashvili returned a 62-62 to the home team, starting a lead exchanging period that ended up in a 69-69 tie to enter the final stanza.
Yovel Zoosman and Lipkevicius swapped triples to keep it balanced, 74-74, right after the game resumed. Both teams increased intensity on defense, as the free-throw line turned into the only place where any team could score. With 3 minutes to go, Rubstavicius showed up from the corner and drew a foul that he converted into three points and punished again from long range with a three-point dagger soon after that turned on the alarm for the home side, 86-91, entering crunch time. Kovliar dug it deeper with a layup after two consecutive offensive rebounds, and even though Harper tried to reanimate his team in the last minute, he could only trim the difference to 87-93 at the end of the game.
