After more than a month off, the regular season of the RGBL resumed over the weekend. The second round was opened with a game between Peterborough “Tauras” and Ipswich “Meru”. In the first round of the league, “Tauras” took victory after a hard fight, so no less fierce battle was expected this time as well.

The game started without much scouting, the teams were easily scoring points. Only when the first quarter was coming to an end, thanks to several 3 point shots, “Tauras” managed to gain a fragile 7 point advantage – the result was 27:20. For the majority time of the second quarter, the difference between the teams was close, to every attempt of “Meru” to catch up with the opponents, “Tauras” team was able to respond with their successful attacks. However, within the last minutes of the quarter, “Tauras” managed to stop their opponent’s attacks and accumulated a considerable advantage. Halfway through the match, the score was 59:42 in favour of “Tauras”.

Just when it seemed that the second half of the game will be an easy win for “Tauras”, everything turned upside down. The third quarter began with a series of 3 point shots by the “Meru” team, while “Tauras” was unable to score any points for 4 minutes. Only 4 points separated the teams and the battle started again. After a time out break, “Tauras” managed to stabilize the situation and were 11 points ahead before the last quarter. The best was yet to come in the last quarter as the teams kept scoring points, one successful attack followed another, and the tension kept growing. Just 2 minutes before the end of the game “Meru” finally took the lead by one point, but then “Tauras” responded and regained the advantage of 3 points. In the last minute of the game, the team’s were mainly scoring from the free throw line. “Meru” players showed cooler nerves and led with the result 101:100 with just 9 seconds left. The last attack belonged to “Tauras”, however the 3 point shot that could have snatched the victory was off target and the “Meru” team celebrated on the court – the final score of the game 101:100.

Both teams hit 14 three point shots, “Tauras” won rebounds 58:39 but “Meru” had 37 free throws.

G. Pakalniškis (34 points), R. Wilson (25) and A. Maziliauskas (22) were the top scorers for “Meru”.E. Revuckas (25), V. Obrikas (24) and A. Šarkanas (19) scored the most for “Tauras”.