“With the opponents refusing to play, the match against Baku ‘Sabah’ that was supposed to take place today in Klaipėda will not happen,” the “Šiauliai” club announced this afternoon.
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It was supposed to be the match for third place in the Vladas Garastas tournament. It was scheduled for 3 PM at the Klaipėda “Švyturys” arena.
“This is a shock I have never encountered before. I don’t know if this has happened in Lithuania, at least I don’t remember it.
This is disrespect to the name of Vladas Garastas, to the entire tournament, to the teams, and essentially to the whole established basketball culture.
We have participated in various tournaments for many years, and in my career, such a thing has never happened,” said G. Rutkauskas.
“Šiauliai” lost 61:89 to Riga “Zelti” in the semifinal on Saturday, and in the other semifinal, Klaipėda “Neptūnas” defeated “Sabah” 86:85.
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The Klaipėda and Riga teams will meet in the final tonight.
