Marijonas Petravičius

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Marijonas Petravičius
Azovmash Mariupol
2012Khimki Moscow Region
Career highlights and awards

Marijonas Petravičius (born October 24, 1979) is a Lithuanian retired professional

power forward
position.

Professional career

Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
.

With his former club Mitteldeutscher BC, he won the FIBA EuroCup Challenge in 2004, being the Final Four MVP.

Petravičius arrived to

Armani Jeans Milano
.

Petravičius led Rytas to first place during the group stage, but unfortunately during a practice Petravičius suffered a foot injury. With the club's three leaders injured: himself, Matthew Nielsen and Roberts Štelmahers, Rytas failed to enter the EuroLeague quarterfinals. He was named the EuroCup Finals MVP in 2009.[1]

He joined the

Armani Jeans Milano in 2009.[2][3]

In August 2011, he agreed to terms with the

Azovmash Mariupol,[5] however he asked to wait one month due to personal reasons. Azovmash declined to wait one month for him and terminated the contract.[6]

On 16 January 2012 Petravičius signed with Khimki Moscow Region.[7] He debuted in Khimki on 28 January 2012. He played only 5 minutes and scored 2 points, grabbed 1 rebound and made one assist, but he also made two turnovers and got one foul.[8] However, this was his first and the last one game in Khimki, because his disease renewed. On 17 February 2012 Khimki terminated contract with Petravičius.[9]

EuroLeague career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high
Led the league
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2007–08
Lietuvos Rytas
17 16 25.1 .722 .000 .741 5.6 .3 .6 .4 13.5 15.7
2009–10 Milano 8 4 18.5 .617 .000 .756 3.3 .6 .4 .3 9.1 10.4
2010–11 Milano 5 4 15.4 .630 .000 .700 3.2 .0 .4 .0 8.2 6.8
Career 30 24 21.7 .699 .000 .743 4.6 .5 .3 .3 11.4 12.8

National team career

Petravičius was a member of the senior Lithuanian national basketball team at the 2008 Summer Olympics tournament, where Lithuania finished in 4th place. He also participated in EuroBasket 2009 and EuroBasket 2011. During the latter tournament, however, he was forced to leave the team due to being diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism.

Awards and achievements

  • FIBA Europe Cup
    Champion: 2004
  • FIBA Europe Cup Final Four MVP: 2004
  • LBL Champion: 2006
  • BBL Champion: 2007
  • EuroLeague MVP of the Week
    runner up (scoring 29 points-career high): 2007
  • BBL Vice-Champion: 2008
  • LKL
    Vice-Champion: 2007, 2008
  • LKF Vice-Champion: 2007, 2008
  • LKF Cup Champion: 2009
  • EuroCup
    Champion: 2009
  • EuroCup Finals MVP: 2009

References

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