Martynas Linkevicius (197-F-85) had a great game in the last round for Triobet and that's him to receive a Eurobasket.com NKL Player of the Week award for round 29. The 27-year old forward had a double-double of 28 points and fifteen rebounds, while his team beat Zanavykas (18-11) 94-82. Triobet is placed at 5th position in Lithuanian NKL. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Triobet will need more victories to improve their 18-11 record. In the team's last game Linkevicius had a remarkable 60.0% from 2-point range and got five three-pointers out of 8 attempts. It's his second year at Triobet and it's hard to imagine this team without him. Linkevicius has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in points (5th best: 16.5ppg), rebounds (2nd best: 10.4rpg) and averages solid 52.8% FGP.
The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was 35-year old forward Audrius Mineikis (201-F-77) of Suduva-Mantinga. Mineikis impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 21 points and 14 rebounds. Of course he lead Suduva-Mantinga to another comfortable win 80-65 over the lower-ranked Birstono (#13, 12-17) being unquestionably team leader. Suduva-Mantinga's 4th position in the standings has not changed. His team's 19-10 record is not bad at all. Mineikis is a newcomer at Suduva-Mantinga and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders.
The third best performed player last round was Rokas Giedraitis (198-SF-92) of top-ranked Mazeikiai. Giedraitis got into 30-points club by scoring 35 points in the last round. He was a key player of Mazeikiai, leading his team to a 87-73 easy win against #4 ranked Suduva-Mantinga in a game of the week. Mazeikiai confirms their top position in the standings. Their record at this point is 23 victories and 6 lost games. Giedraitis has a great season in Lithuania. After 29 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 16.9ppg (4th best).
Other top performing players last week: 4. Evaldas Saulys (193-G-93) of Silute - 30 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists 5. Ovidijus Varanauskas (187-PG-91) of Statyba - 25 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists 6. Edgaras Stanionis (193-G-88) of Zanavykas - 25 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists 7. Martynas Linkevicius (197-F-85) of Triobet - 23 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists 8. Edgaras Stanionis (193-G-88) of Zanavykas - 25 points and 9 rebounds 9. Tadas Sebeziovas (183-G-85) of Triobet - 27 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists 10. Evaldas Baniulis (201-F-87) of S.Marciulionio - 21 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists
The Player of the week is choosen based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc. The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy. The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3*(REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4*(2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3*(2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3*(3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)
Vidas Ginevicius wins the title in Belarus - May 17, 2013
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Vidas Ginevicius (194-G-78, agency: Interperformances) wins the title in Belarus as his Tsmoki-Minsk became the Champions of the country! The defending champions swept the Finals series against Grodno-93 3-0 adding 74:66 road win.
The guests took control from the first minutes by winning first half. But Grodno-93 won third quarter 24-11. However it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening [read more]
Vidas Ginevicius (194-G-78, agency: Interperformances) wins the title in Belarus as his Tsmoki-Minsk became the Champions of the country! The defending champions swept the Finals series against Grodno-93 3-0 adding 74:66 road win. The guests took control from the first minutes by winning first half. But Grodno-93 won third quarter 24-11. However it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. Tsmoki-Minsk dominated on the defensive end, holding Grodno-93 to just 5 points in second quarter. Lashkevich top-scored for the winners with 17 points and Aliaksei Trastsinetski added 14. Pavel Ulyanko netted 11, while Ater Majok and Korshuk added 7 apiece. Vidas Ginevicius followed them with 5 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Kuzmin replied with 20 points in the losing effort and Mastou scored 12. Igor Konuyshenko produced 10 and Korzh had 9.
Gediminas Orelikas moves to Lietuvos Rytas - May 17, 2013
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Gediminas Orelikas (200-G/F-90) will continue his career in Lietuvos Rytas. The forward has agreed on terms of two-year contract with the Vilnius powerhouse. Gediminas Orelikas has played for Rudupis Prienai since 2010. Last season the forward led LKL in scoring posting 16.8 points per game. He also tallied 5.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game in LKL. In Baltic League Gediminas Orelikas notched 17.9 points and 5.6 boards per appearance [read more]
Gediminas Orelikas (200-G/F-90) will continue his career in Lietuvos Rytas. The forward has agreed on terms of two-year contract with the Vilnius powerhouse. Gediminas Orelikas has played for Rudupis Prienai since 2010. Last season the forward led LKL in scoring posting 16.8 points per game. He also tallied 5.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game in LKL. In Baltic League Gediminas Orelikas notched 17.9 points and 5.6 boards per appearance. The forward also delivered 11.3 points, 3.3 boards and 2.8 assists per game in EuroCup. Eurobasket.com named Gediminas Orelikas All-Baltic League Player of the Year. He was also trumped All-Lithuanian LKL Player of the Year. The forward was the member of the Lithuanian University National Team in 2011.
VTB League: Third quarter allows Zalgiris to take 2-0 lead over Novgorod - May 16, 2013
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Zalgiris - N.Novgorod 66:62
Third quarter allows Zalgiris to take 2-0 lead over Novgorod. The Lithuanian Champions posted a 66:62 win against BC Nizhny Novgorod and took on Thursday night.
The hosts trailed by 6 points at the halftime before their 24-9 charge in the third quarter, which allowed them to win the game. Zalgiris made 28-of-35 free shots during the game, while BC Nizhny Novgorod only scored seven points from the stripe [read more]
Zalgiris - N.Novgorod 66:62
Third quarter allows Zalgiris to take 2-0 lead over Novgorod. The Lithuanian Champions posted a 66:62 win against BC Nizhny Novgorod and took on Thursday night. The hosts trailed by 6 points at the halftime before their 24-9 charge in the third quarter, which allowed them to win the game. Zalgiris made 28-of-35 free shots during the game, while BC Nizhny Novgorod only scored seven points from the stripe. The best player for the winners was Darjus Lavrinovic (212-C-79) who scored 19 points. Oliver Lafayette (188-G-84, college: Houston) chipped in 14 points. Dmitry Golovin (192-F-88) produced 12 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists and American swingman Dijon Thompson (201-G/F-83, college: UCLA) added 9 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 steals respectively for the guests. Artem Yakovenko (205-F/C-88) also scored 9 points in the losing effort. Game 3 will be played on May 18th in Nizhny Novgorod. Zalgiris can already book the spot in the Semifinal on Saturday and wait for Unics-Lokomotiv winner.
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