Sassari, for Bendzius, second Serie A double double

Regardless of being defeated along with his Banco di Sardegna Sassari of the journey to the basketball courtroom of Trieste within the sixth day of the Serie A UnipolSai 2022/23, Bendzius magnets produced a low-key efficiency that may function prominently in each his private and (to a lesser extent) Dinamo archives.

With 13 factors and 10 rebounds on the scoreboard for Friuli, the category of 1990 did the second double with the shirt of Sassari after the one recorded on January 23 in Brescia. Even so, the house sport for the blue and white turned out to be unfavorable, however Bendzius managed to earn the headlines because of a exceptional accumulation of 16 factors and 10 rebounds.

Lower than ten months after the final time, the tall Lithuanian managed to repeat himself by reaching double digits in each factors and rebounds, a feat wherein Bendzius had solely succeeded on two different events earlier than. Sardinia: October 2019 (13 factors, 10 rebounds) in Rytas Vilnius’ 86-65 rout of Juventus and January 2009 in Vilniaus Perlas Energija’s 104-70 rout of Gargzdai-Bremena that noticed the native of Klaipeda (creator of 16 factors and 10 rebounds) to be the second man of the night to do a double-double after Jonas Valanciunas.

In these two circumstances, Bendzius’ contribution beneath the 2 boards was actually extra balanced than the 2 “Italian” double-doubles, each events wherein the previous Sopot and Obradoiro had just one offensive rebound and 9 beneath their very own basket, determine that represents Bendzius’ highest profession on this statistical class.

The second finest efficiency in defensive rebounding, mixed with the second double within the Italian league, nonetheless, weren’t sufficient for Bendzius to tug Germani to victory on the ground of Trieste, a crew that, regardless of the efforts of the Lithuanian and the collective of Dinamo (40-39 winner of the combination bounce-back match), they managed to win the next second in a row in Serie A, handing Banco di Sardegna their fourth league upset of the season.