I interpreted it as a joke - the smiley face at the bottom was key, lol. Need to have a /joke function on ze forums.Puffer wrote:
Is this Rytas' first loss of the season? Seems like they've been winning everything, +1 on aggregate.
I interpreted it as a joke - the smiley face at the bottom was key, lol. Need to have a /joke function on ze forums.
Is this Rytas' first loss of the season? Seems like they've been winning everything, +1 on aggregate.
Lithuanian basketball league standings so far:Is this Rytas' first loss of the season? Seems like they've been winning everything, +1 on aggregate.
REGULAR SEASON
1. Žalgiris 20W 1L
2. Lietuvos rytas 18W 4L
3. Rūdupis 15W 6L
4. Šiauliai 14W 6L
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As you can see this was Rytas' 4th loss in national league this season, they've lost both times to Žalgiris, once to Rūdupis and once to Kėdainiai Triobet.
JV finishes 3rd in MVP voting in VTB League
The Experts of Sport-Express rigged it!How was the MVP of regular season determined
Fans’ version*:
1. Jonas Valanciunas (Lietuvos Rytas) - 8 points (36%)
2. Kresimir Loncar (Khimki) - 7 points (22%)
3. Andrey Kirilenko (CSKA) - 6 points (14%)
4. Paulius Jankunas (Zalgiris) - 5 points (12%)
5. Semen Antonov (Nizhniy Novgorod) - 4 points (6%)
6. Jeremiah Massey (Lokomotiv-Kuban) - 3 points (5%)
7. Patrick Beverley (Spartak) - 2 points (4%)
8. Henry Domercant (UNICS) - 1 point (1%)
* - For the players selected by the expert council of the League from eight clubs which made their way to the playoffs of the championship.
Rating of effectiveness*:
1. Kresimir Loncar (Khimki) - 5 points (efficacy per game - 18.1)
2. Jonas Valanciunas (Lietuvos Rytas) - 4 points (16.5)
3. Patrick Beverley (Spartak) - 3 points (15.6)
4. Andrey Kirilenko (CSKA) - 2 points (15.1)
5. Jeremiah Massey (Lokomotiv-Kuban) - 1 point (14.8)
*- For players whose clubs made their way to the playoffs of the championship.
MVP and symbolic five of the month*:
1. Andrey Kirilenko (CSKA) - 4 points (4 times in the top five)
2. Chester Simmons (Nymburk) - 3 points (MVP 1 time + 1 in the top five)
3. Jonas Valanciunas (Lietuvos Rytas), Patrick Beverley (Spartak), Rawle Marshall (Astana), Michal Ignerski (Nizhniy Novgorod), Vladimir Veremeenko (UNICS) - 2 points (MVP 1 time), Kresimir Loncar (Khimki), Vitaliy Fridzon (Khimki) - 2 points (2 times in the top five).
4. Paulius Jankunas (Zalgiris), Jeremiah Massey (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Henry Domercant (UNICS), Adrian Abrams (Nymburk), Sandis Valters (VEF), Andrey Vorontsevich (CSKA), Yotam Halperin (Spartak), Lynn Greer (UNICS), Nenad Krstic (CSKA), Jack McClinton (Budivelnik), Oleksiy Pecherov (Azovmash), Lonniel Rush (Krasnye Krylia), Petr Samoilenko (UNICS), Courtney Sims (VEF) , Kristaps Janicenoks (VEF) - 1 point (1 in the top five).
*- For the title of MVP player gets 2 points, for getting into the symbolic five - 1 point.
Experts of VTB United League:
1. Andrey Kirilenko (CSKA) - 3 points
2. Jonas Valanciunas (Lietuvos Rytas) - 2 points
3. Kresimir Loncar (Khimki) - 1 point
Experts of «Sport-Express»:
1. Andrey Kirilenko (CSKA) - 3 points
2. Kresimir Loncar (Khimki) - 2 points
3. Patrick Beverley (Spartak) - 1 point
Results:
1. Andrey Kirilenko (CSKA) - 18 points
2. Kresimir Loncar (Khimki) - 17 points
3. Jonas Valanciunas (Lietuvos Rytas) - 16 points
4. Patrick Beverley (Spartak) - 8 points
5. Paulius Jankunas (Zalgiris) - 6 points
6. Jeremiah Massey (Lokomotiv-Kuban) - 5 points
7. Semen Antonov (Nizhniy Novgorod) - 4 points
8. Chester Simmons (Nymburk) - 3 points
9-13. Henry Domercant (UNICS), Vladimir Veremeenko (UNICS), Michal Ignerski (Nizhniy Novgorod/Lokomotiv-Kuban), Rawle Marshall (Astana), Vitaliy Fridzon (Khimki) - 2 points.
14-25. Adrian Abrams (Nymburk), Sandis Valters (VEF), Andrey Vorontsevich (CSKA), Yotam Halperin (Spartak), Lynn Greer (UNICS), Nenad Krstic (CSKA), Jack McClinton (Budivelnik), Oleksiy Pecherov (Azovmash), Lonniel Rush (Krasnye Krylia), Petr Samoilenko (UNICS), Courtney Sims (VEF) , Kristaps Janicenoks (VEF) - 1 point.
http://www.vtb-league.com/en/news/an...lar-season.htm
It was subjective imo, Russian voted for Russians, that's all.
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It just couldn't have gone the other way. Kirilenko playing for CSKA is a really really BIG thing in Russia, a LOT of hype. So they just wanted to give him the MVP since it's probably the last time Andrey is playing for CSKA. I have no doubt it was rigged and it's bull shit. Sport Express votes are ridiculous, JV isn't even in the top3, but all the players that are play for mother fuckin' Russia. Well, it's no big deal anyway. I'm thinking Valanciunas will crush Kirilenko in the amount of NBA rings / NBA MVPs won.
L. Rytas wins 64-60 in VTB play
Box Score
JV statline:
25:47 minutes
6 points
2/6 fg
0/1 3pt
2/2 ft
11 rebounds (4 offensive)
2 assists
1 steal
4 blocks
1 turnover
2 fouls
Any insights from our Lithuanian friends?
Write up from L. Rytas webpage:
Lietuvos Rytas took an important victory in the VTB League playoffs, defeating Nizhny Novgorod 64-60 (23-16, 11-10, 15-18, 15-16) on the road in Russia to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series.
Renaldas Seibutis had 14 points, Steponas Babrauskas and Mindaugas Katelynas scored 10 points each, while Arturas Jomantas added 9 points and 6 rebounds for the visitors from Vilnius.
Semion Antonov led Nizhny Novgorod with 18 points and 11 rebounds, Primoz Brezec scored 15 points and grabbed 9 boards, while Ivan Paunic finished the game with 12.
I saw this game, well, what can I say. The offensive game of JV was poor, mainly because he just lacked some luck and wasn't being fed with balls appropriately. Though he put some nice numbers in defense. When he missed too many shots (4, that's a lot for him) he tried to distribute the ball more. Put some nice blocks and rebounds in important moments of the game, you can see couple of them in the video, before JV another center Samardžiski played for about 15 minutes, Brežeč, opposing teams center dominated him, added 12+ points in ~15 minutes, but when JV entered the court he have mysteriously gone. I wonder how many eff pts he received for this game, I guess it's still above 10.
Last edited by RandomGuy; Mon Apr 9th, 2012 at 07:44 AM.
Nice to hear the majority of Prezec's effort was against someone else.
He had 19 efficiency points.
Ex-teammate of Lietuvos rytas and now an enemy in Eurocup semi-finals Brad Newley (Valencia) on Jonas:
Stays late during strength training, focused, good hands, humble... how can you not like this guy?
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
― John Wooden
if he slept with you girlfriend?
I asked.
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
― John Wooden
id offer my girlfriend to this fine young man.
That really is taking one for the team.
only if he plays like a top 5 C
Actually, it's his girlfriend taking one for the team!
Pfffffft! Next thing you know you'll be telling me women should have the right to vote and own property!
(joking!)
Phew. Glad you were joking about women getting the right to vote.
(really joking)
hahaha
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