2012-13U18 SiauliaiRound 1
January 24, 2013 CET: 17:00
Local time: 17:00 SIAULIAI ARENA
Kristaps Plavnieks - VEF Riga - NIJT Siauliai 2013 - Photo Renars Buivids RB32)VEF Riga hit 19 three-pointers and rallied from a 21 point-deficit to shock Cibona Zagreb in overtime 110-107 at Siauliai Nike International Junior Tournament on Thursday. Riga made a huge step towards a place in Saturday's final as it now holds 2-0 record in Group A, while Cibona dropped to 0-2. The victors shot 19 for 41 from behind the arc as Davis Geks led the way with 34 points on 8 for 14 three-point shooting. Ervins Meznieks had 22 points, shooting triples 6 for 12, while Kristaps Plavnieks collected 20 points, on 4 for 5 triples, plus 10 assists. Ivars Zvigurs also scored 20 points for Riga, while Marko Arapovic had 37 points plus 12 rebounds for Cibona. Lovro Mazalin had 33 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists, while Bruno Skokna scored 13 of his 15 points in the first quarter. David Skara finished the game with 11 points plus 8 rebounds, and Luka Obrvan also scored 11 in defeat.

Cibona had a fantastic start into the game, converting on its first eight trips down the floor to build a 3-18 lead. The margin reached 18 points several times in the first 10 minutes, as Skokna scored 13 points in the first quarter, and the lead was as big as 21-42 after 13 minutes. However, Riga erased the deficit before halftime by making 8 three-pointers in the second quarter alone. Geks hit 5 triples on 7 attempts, Meznieks made two, and Plavnieks sunk one of his own making it 49-50 at halftime. In the first 7 minutes of the third quarter, Mazalin scored 13 points to give Cibona 57-66 advantage, but Plavnieks and Geks answered with a 9-0 run, and a triple from Meznieks made it 69-68 going into the fourth quarter. With back-to-back triples from Geks and Plavnieks, and another one from Meznieks Riga took 82-75 lead, but Mazalin and Arapovic put together a 2-13 run to put Cibona back into the lead. Skara scored from downtown for 87-91, but Geks hit his seventh triple with 22 seconds to go making it 92-92 as the game went into overtime. Battle continued in the extra session as basket-plus-foul from Arapovic gave Cibona 94-97, but Riga made a 9-2 run that included a triple from Meznieks before a three-pointer from Geks with 27 seconds to go made it 106-102. Cibona tried to rally, but missed a potential game-tying three-pointer at the buzzer.
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Referees: NEUTRAL REFEREE ; NEUTRAL REFEREE 2; NEUTRAL REFEREE 3
Attendance: 100 (Tentative)
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IJT VEF RIGA1534202318
IJT KK CIBONA ZAGREB2921182415
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IJT VEF RIGA15496992110
IJT KK CIBONA ZAGREB29506892107
IJT VEF RIGA
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 DULEVSKIS, JORENS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 CAVARS, KLAVS 14:57 6 2/2   2/4   3 3           3 2 6
7 MEZNIEKS, ERVINS 37:49 22 2/3 6/12     8 8 2 1 1   1 3 2 23
8 ZVIGURS, IVARS 30:29 20 7/9 1/5 3/4 1 2 3   2 2     5 5 16
9 PLAVNIEKS, KRISTAPS 42:09 20 3/7 4/5 2/4 1 4 5 10 3 6     3 6 28
10 PAIPA, JEKABS 1:13               1   1          
11 GLUDITIS, KRISTAPS 8:59 2 1/2 0/2         1   1   1     -2
13 PAZE, ROBERTS 9:17 2 0/1   2/2       2 1       1 2 5
14 AVENITIS, RAULS 4:31     0/1                     1  
15 GEKS, DAVIS 38:24 34 4/7 8/14 2/4 2 5 7 4 1 4 1   2 3 33
21 GERTSONS, NILS 15:50         3 2 5     1     5 1  
32 PASECNIKS, ANZEJS 21:22 4 2/5 0/2     2 2   3 3     5   -4
Team           3 2 5               5
Totals 225:00 110 21/36 19/41 11/18 10 28 38 20 11 19 1 2 27 22 110
        58.3% 46.3% 61.1%
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Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating
IJT KK CIBONA ZAGREB
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 SKOKNA, BRUNO 45:00 15 6/9 1/3   1 2 3 4 3 4     3 5 18
5 MUSTAPIC, TONI DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6 OBRVAN, LUKA 42:20 11 2/3 2/7 1/2       4 4 1   1 3 2 9
7 KUMANOVIC, TONI 0:03                              
9 SKARA, DAVID 44:47 11 3/6 1/3 2/2 1 7 8 1   2     5 2 10
10 SLAVICA, NIK 0:13     0/1                       -1
11 SPANJA, BRUNO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 CUZE, MARKO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 JURKOVIC, MATEO 2:47                   1     1   -2
14 MAZALIN, LOVRO 44:57 33 11/16 0/2 11/16 3 11 14 6 3 8 2   5 11 44
15 ARAPOVIC, MARKO 44:53 37 15/23 1/5 4/7 5 7 12 2 1 2     5 7 37
Team           2 3 5     1         4
Totals 225:00 107 37/57 5/21 18/27 12 30 42 17 11 19 2 1 22 27 119
        64.9% 23.8% 66.7%
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