BC "AVIS UTILITAS Rapla" (Rapla, Estonia) - BC "Prometey". December 28. 19:00. Latvian-Estonian basketball league Pafbet. Rapla (Estonia). Arena "Sadolin Spordihun". Broadcast - "DIVISPORT BASKETBALL" YouTube channel.
Tomorrow, on December 28, the road match of “Prometey” with Estonian club “AVIS UTILITAS Rapla” will mean the passing by our team a milestone of the half tournament distance in the regular season of the Latvian-Estonian League Pafbet.
Our team is approaching the intermediate finish having a status of the sole league leader and, for the second time in a row, they are playing with an opponent, who at the time of confrontation is in 5th position of the tournament standings. This time, the opponents of the “red and white” is Estonian club “AVIS UTILITAS Rapla” from the city of Rapla with population of about 5000 residents.
“Rapla” is rather young club, history of which lasts just 17 years. During this period, the team managed to gain quite solid authority in its homeland. In the 2016/2017 season, “Rapla” became the silver medallist of the Estonian championship, conceding in the final series to the capital’s “Kalev/Kramo” with the score 0:2. The nearest “Prometey” rival was the holder of the bronze medals set, and in the 2012/2013 season was the finalist of the Estonian Cup. As for the performance of “Rapla” in the Latvian-Estonian league, its highest achievement is the reaching the Final Four in the 2020/2021 season. Then the team finished fourth in the tournament and in the match for the 3rd place lost to Latvian “Ogre” just by 2 points (73:75).
At least, “Rapla” has every chance to repeat this achievement in this season. In 16 matches of the regular season, the team of Croatian specialist Arnel Dedic attained 10 wins. Additionally, In the late November-early December they had a 5-matches victorious streak.
“Rapla” as well as the previous “Prometey” rival, “KK Viimsi”, has legionaries on the main roles. These are American defenders Tyler Cheese and Kendall Stephens, Bosnian center Obrad Tomic, Ukrainian bigman Anton Davydiuk knowt to our fans by his playing for MBC “Mykolaiv”. Tyler Cheese is the 5th scorer of the LEBL with 17.63 points per match. In two last matches of “Rapla” against “Liepaja” and “Ventspils” Cheese’s productiveness reached “25+”! Obrad Tomic, with 8.06 rebounds per match closes the ten of the best league rebounders. In the similar position, but among assistants, is 29-year-old Estonian guard Rait-Riivo Laane (5.13 assists per match).
Tomorrows rivals had two official matches each. After which they had several days for relax. Considering this moment, we have all rights to hope that the teams will be able to demonstrate spectacular basketball of high quality in their confrontation.
To follow the course of events in the match “AVIS UTILITAS Rapla”, watch a video broadcast on YouTube channel “DIVISPORT BASKETBALL” on December 28 at 19:00.
