Limbazi Basketball Team Leads Riga Kadeti After First Quarter
BC Olympic Centre Limbazi played its second game in the Latvian Ramirent National Basketball League away to Riga Kadeti. After a low-scoring start, the visitors took the lead and were ahead 25–14 at the end of the first quarter.
The Olympic Centre (OC) Limbazi basketball team has played its second game in the Ramirent National Basketball League, a Latvian domestic competition. The Limbazi side met Riga Kadeti in the sports hall of Hanzas Secondary School in Riga. The source describes the match as another warm-up type of game early in the season.
Low-scoring opening
The first minutes produced few points. The hosts started their first attack with several missed shots, and at the end of it V. Senkans blocked a home player's shot, earning the hosts their first personal foul. Neither team scored at the start. The opening points came at the end of the third minute, when P. Penka converted two free throws.
As the quarter approached its midpoint, the Riga side got on the board too, with a field goal and soon a three-pointer to make it 5–2. Penka again sank two awarded free throws. After he was substituted, M. Antoms came on and also scored with an accurate shot. The sixth minute went well for the hosts, who added another three-pointer and a field goal to lead 10–6.
Limbazi take the lead
At the end of the seventh minute, R. Kristapsons got the stalled visitors going, levelling the score at 10–10. V. Veinbergs then regained the lead for Limbazi at 10–12. For the rest of the quarter the visitors' attackers played effectively, and the lead grew to 12–18. A minute before the end of the period, G. A. Ozolins came on. Antoms converted two free throws and Ozolins added a three-pointer, making it 14–25 in favour of Limbazi.
The available part of the source ends with the description of the first quarter, so the final result of the game is not known.
