The first season of the RGBL is coming to an end, and the tension on the court has reached its highest as the teams meet in the semi-finals and compete for the ticket to the grand final. The final competition of the season will be held this coming Saturday at the Littleport Leisure Centre, where we invite all fans to come and have fun!
In the first semi-final the winners of the regular season “Dragons” met “Wolfs” team, which is counting its first season. The game started hard and it seemed that “Wolfs” were not ready to give up their ticket to the finals without a fight. In the middle of the first quarter the wolves led 11:5 but dragons finished it strong and took the lead 17:14. The second quarter was close, the teams exchanged successful attacks, but none of them managed to gain a bigger advantage and before the long break “Dragons” led 32:24.
Everything seemed to turn upside down after the break. “Dragons” continued to collect points and “Wolfs” stuck in the grip of the opponent’s defense, scored only 3 points during the quarter and fell behind with a crushing result of 49:27. In the final quarter, the “Dragons” increased the pace of the game even more and simply swept the opponents to win the quarter with a score of 28:9, and the final score of the game 77:36 announced more than a guaranteed win for the “Dragons” and a ticket to the finals. It is worth noting that 36 points scored per game is an anti-record for this RGBL season.

M.Milius with 26 points and T.Zobiela with 21 points led “Dragons” to the victory. H. Petrauskas was the most productive among the “Wolfs” with 16 points.

The second semi-final promised much more intrigue, as “Meru” and “Tauras” teams won against each other in the regular season. As expected, the game started with a tough fight, but “Tauras” players attacked the basket more accurately and gained an early advantage 16:9 in the middle of the first quarter. At the end of the quarter the game evened out, but Peterborough representatives kept a fragile lead with a score 24:20. In the second quarter “Meru” tried to change the game, but “Tauras” was always able to respond with effective attacks and even increased its lead to 46:39 at the halfway point of the game.

Ipswich representatives, who made good use of the long break in the game, started the third quarter very strongly. The difference between the teams decreased almost every minute, and after several more successful attacks at the end of the quarter, “Meru” was already ahead 63:57. However, “Tauras” showed its horns and tied up the score in the first minutes of the last quarter. It seemed that a tense end of the game was waiting, but the players of “Tauras” were not even going to stop and started to increase their lead. With 5 minutes left to play, the teams were already separated by 9 points, and although “Meru” still tried to restore intrigue, “Tauras” players withstood the onslaught of their opponents and celebrated the win. Peterborough representatives won the decisive quarter of the game 28:13, and the final score 85:76 meant that “Tauras” will meet “Dragons” in the grand final.

“Tauras”: E. Revuckas 22 points, T. Myrovas 18 points, T. Šukelis 14 points.
“Meru”: G. Pakalniškis 34 points, A. Maziliauskas 24 points

The regular season of the RGBL ended with the game between “Dragons” and “Wolfs” teams on Sunday. The outcome of the match did not affect the standings, so there was only one intrigue – will the “Wolfs” manage to achieve the first win of the season and at the same time record the first loss to the “Dragons”?

However, the intrigue quickly disappeared and as the first minutes showed “Dragons” were not inclined to give up the victory. After a strong 15:5 start, the dragons slowed down a bit at the end of the quarter but maintained a fragile lead with a score of 21:15. In the first minutes of the second quarter “Wolfs” came close to the opponents with just one shot difference 23:21. But as if the “Dragons” men had woken up, they started to run to fast break attacks, accurate three-point shots hit the net one after another and the teams went to half time break “Dragons” leading 48:27.

After the break the view on the court did not change, another scoring run lost by “Wolfs” 2:13 and the difference between the teams exceeded 30 points. Even after accumulating a destroying lead, “Dragons” did not stop and the final result announced a devastating loss for “Wolfs” with the result 91:51. It is interesting that these two teams will face each other in the first semi-final of the RGBL on Sunday. Will “Wolfs” be able to resist more seriously, or will “Dragons” make it to the finals without experiencing the bitterness of defeat? We will find out the answers Sunday coming, the game starts at 12:30pm in the Stanground Academy.

“Dragons”: E.Jurčiukonis 27 points, D.Jakštaitis 15 points, M.Susmara 13 points.
“Wolfs”: A.Gerlikas 16 points, D.Jevsejevas 15 points.

“Dragons” and “Tauras” teams met in the penultimate match of the regular season. In the previous game, after a tough fight, “Dragons” celebrated the victory so “Tauras” team sought revenge.

At the beginning of the match the representatives of Peterborough gained an early lead with the result 9:2. “Dragons” took a time out, adjusted the game plan and after the first quarter led 14:11. In the second quarter, the game went point to point, neither team was able to organize at least a few successful offensive attacks in a row. The teams went into the long break with a tied score of 24:24.

After a long break, “Tauras” tried to take the initiative and after a couple of three point shots advanced. Unfortunately, this was followed immediately by several turnovers, fast break attacks by the “Dragons”, after which they enjoyed a 7 point lead before the last quarter. The decisive part of the match started with accurate three point shots by “Tauras” and the difference between the teams decreased to 4 points. When it seemed that the intrigue was reborn and the winners would be decided in the last minute, the “Dragons” were able to defend from several opponents’ attacks, made difficult shots themselves and celebrated the victory with the final score of 65:59.

“Dragons”: D.Jakštaitis 15 pts, T.Zobiela 14 pts, E.Jurčiukonis 12 pts. 
“Tauras”: T.Myrovas 19 pts, A.Račickas 13 pts, K.Palubinskas 12 pts.

The regular season of the RGBL continues after Christmas and New Year’s break. Kings Lynn Wolfs and Peterborough Tauras players were the first ones to meet on the court in 2024.

Before the start of the match, it seemed like it might be a tough game for Tauras as they only had 7 players warming up. However, after the jump ball went in the air, everything quickly fell into place.

Wolfs players were stuck in the opponents’ defense, they were not able to hit any shots and one mistake was followed by another. In turn, Tauras players used every turnover of their opponents, made quick counterattacks and attacked the basket accurately. The difference on the scoreboard grew with every minute and the final score 98:49 showed a more than assured victory for Tauras team.

Valdas Obrikas played another incredible game for Tauras scoring 36 points, followed up by Arnoldas Racickas with 16 points. Mindaugas Januskevicius and Deividas Jevsejevas were the top scorers for Wolfs with 12 and 11 points.

The Dragons, who were considered the favorites of the game, started to prove their advantage from the first minute by winning the first quarter with the result 18:9. The second quarter for Wolfs team started very hard, they were not able to score any points and Dragons started to pull away. The quarter was lost 23:3 and the winner of the game was not in doubt. The last two quarters of the game were close and Dragons took an easy win by the score 75:46.

Aleksandr Laryn was the top scorer among the winners with 17 points, followed by Modestas Milius (16 points) and Tadas Zobiela (14 points). Haroldas Petrauskas stood out among the Wolfs players finishing the game with 16 scored points.