Big Baller Brand International Tournament
Date | February 25–27, 2018 |
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Duration | February 25–27, 2018 |
Venue | Prienai Arena |
Location | Prienai, Lithuania |
Coordinates | 54°38′52″N 23°57′41″E / 54.64778°N 23.96139°E |
Patron(s) | Big Baller Brand Ballislife.com |
Organised by | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas |
Participants | 4 teams |
The Big Baller Brand International Tournament was a
History
Following the
The Big Baller Brand International Tournament was sponsored by Big Baller Brand, a sports apparel company owned by LaVar Ball, the father of Vytautas players LaMelo and LiAngelo Ball.[1] LaVar Ball also assumed the head coaching position for Vytautas during the tournament.[6][7] The games that featured Vytautas were streamed live on Facebook through the Ballislife.com page.[8][9]
Venue
Prienai, Lithuania | Big Baller Brand International Tournament (Europe) |
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Prienai Arena[10] | |
Capacity: 1,500 | |
Teams
The tournament featured four teams, with the three visiting clubs being based outside of Lithuania. VEF Rīga Skola, the youth team of VEF Rīga, was among the competitors.[11]
Team | Country | League (2017–18) |
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Helios Suns Domžale
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Slovenia | Slovenian Basketball League |
Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | Lithuania | Lithuanian Basketball League |
VEF Rīga Skola | Latvia | Latvian Basketball League-2 |
Wilki Morskie Szczecin | Poland | Polish Basketball League |
First round
Helios Suns Domžale vs. Wilki Morskie Szczecin
25 February 2018 | 75–80 | Wilki Morskie Szczecin | Prienai, Lithuania | |
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18:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 12-24, 24–13, 17–22 | |||
8 | Boxscore | Pts: Benjamin 17 Rebs: Benjamin 10 Asts: Bartosz 5 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 200 Referees: Juozas Barkauskas (LTU), Šarūnas Gabrilavičius (LTU), Mantas Butvilas (LTU) |
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Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas vs. VEF Rīga Skola
In both teams' debut at the Big Baller brand International Tournament, VEF Rīga Skola defeated
25 February 2018 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | 133–141 | VEF Rīga Skola | Prienai, Lithuania |
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21:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 49–25, 22–38, 31–32, 31–46 | |||
8 | Boxscore | Pts: Zotovs 29 Rebs: Čavars 12 Asts: Zotovs 14 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 800 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius (LTU), Juozas Barkauskas (LTU), Mantas Butvilas (LTU) |
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Second round
Helios Suns Domžale vs. VEF Rīga Skola
26 February 2018 | 89–94 (OT) | VEF Rīga Skola | Prienai, Lithuania | |
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18:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 25–27, 18–15, 14–16, Overtime: 10–15 | |||
5 | Boxscore | Pts: Zotovs 30 Rebs: Hlebovickis 8 Asts: Zotovs 8 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 150 Referees: Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU), Ignas Davainis (LTU), Andžej Urbanovič (LTU) |
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Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas vs. Wilki Morskie Szczecin
In the final game of the second round,
26 February 2018 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | 96–128 | Wilki Morskie Szczecin | Prienai, Lithuania |
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21:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 24–34, 24–27, 30–32, 18–35 | |||
9 | Boxscore | Pts: Jogėla 24 Rebs: Benjamin 14 Asts: Paliukėnas 8 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 500 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavičius (LTU), Juozas Barkauskas (LTU), Šarūnas Gabrilavičius (LTU) |
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Third round
Wilki Morskie Szczecin vs. VEF Rīga Skola
27 February 2018 | Wilki Morskie Szczecin | 94–74 | VEF Rīga Skola | Prienai, Lithuania |
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18:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 20–20, 24–21, 27–13 | |||
4 | Boxscore | Pts: Hazners 18 Rebs: Čavars 9 Asts: Lacis, Zotovs 3 |
Arena: Prienai Arena Attendance: 100 |
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Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas vs. Helios Suns Domžale
In the concluding game of the Big Baller Brand International Tournament, the
27 February 2018 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | 87–96 | Helios Suns Domžale
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21:00 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 26–22, 23–23, 17–28 | |||
10 | Pts: Oman, Klavžar 22 Rebs: Đumić 8 Asts: Klavžar, Đumić 6 |
Arena: Prienai Arena |
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Standings
Rank | Team | Record |
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Wilki Morskie Szczecin | 3–0 | |
VEF Rīga Skola | 2–1 | |
Helios Suns Domžale |
1–2 | |
4th | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | 0–3 |
See also
References
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- ^ Martin, Josh (February 24, 2018). "LaVar Ball to coach LiAngelo, LaMelo in Big Baller Brand International Tournament". Lonzo Ball Wire. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
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- ^ "Pirmą kartą BBB turnyre 100 taškų nepelnęs "Vytautas" neturėjo vilčių mače su "Wilki Morskie"". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). February 26, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
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