BC "Ventspils" (Latvia) - BC "Prometey". November 26. 17:00. Latvian-Estonian basketball league Pafbet. 10th round Ventspils (Latvia). Olympic center "Ventspils". Broadcast - "DIVISPORT BASKETBALL" YouTube channel.
Tomorrow, on November 26, “Prometey” will hold the 4th away match in a row within two tournaments at once. At the same time, already the third confrontation since the one in Tallinn against “Kalev/Cramo” involves fascinating fighting and spectacular show. Now, the match in Latvian Ventspils on the agenda, with the club of the same name, which is in the 2nd line of the tournament standing of the LEBL, right after the best club of Ukraine.
"Prometey" rival gained great authority in its homeland in the new millennium. Since 2000, the team has become the champion of its country 10 times. Although, last time it happened 4 years ago. In the 2012/2013 season, ”Ventspils” became the best team of the Baltic League, and in the 2018/2019 season - the winner of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. The team has great ambitions in the new season as well, which the start of the championship showed - 8 victories in 10 matches.
The opponents have already had a chance to have a closer look at each other two months ago during the pre-season preparation. Then, on September 18, “Prometey” held the first control match with the optimal roster, smashed “Ventspils” at “Arena Riga” with the score of 108:68. However, we should take into consideration the fact that Latvian club was at the stage of forming their squad for the season.
At the moment it is possible to say not only about full completion of this process but also about complete adjustment of the team playersto each other. "Ventspils" is one of the most attacking teams in the league. They average 89.2 points per match, which is inferior only to "Prometey" (94.22 points). The confrontation between the two most productive teams in the league a priori should cause great interest.
The performance of some individual players of "Ventspils" also attracts attention. 27-year-old forward Lindars Jaunzems with 17.3 points per match is the 7th sniper of the league. In the confrontation with “Tartu” Jaunzems singled out with 28 scored points. His rating of efficiency is 23.1 points. Experienced 34-year-old center Andrejs Selakovs has 7.5 rebounds per match and, with this indicator, he is in the league Top-20. 31-year-old Arturs Ausejs gives 5 productive assista (11th in the LEBL). One more player of the back line, Gian Clavell’s compatriot Ivan Gandia-Rosa and 29-year-old Guntis Spolins (23 points and 11 rebounds in the last match with Estonian “Keila”) are among the team leaders.
These players are largely involved in the success of “Ventspils”. The Latvian team will try to continue their confident pace at the tournament distance tomorrow, and the fans of both clubs have every right to expect excellent basketball from their favourites.
You can follow the course of the events in the match “Ventspils” – “Prometey” on November 26, on YouTube channel “DIVISPORT BASKETBALL”, starting at 17:00
