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This margin usually isn't worth playing, but in this case, it all points to the guest team having a really tough afternoon. Krivbas lost all their important players, without all the Americans that carried them, now they're reduced to a few professional players and a big number of juniors. Himik are still in a full lineup, all the foreigners are still there. They defeated the decent Nikolajev with +28 last weekend, and on Friday, they defeated Dnjipro-Azot with +32, and realistically speaking, Azot are better than Krivbas. Those +32 mean even more when you know Jamal Shuler and Paul Delaney didn't play in that match, and Matt Gatens and Romeo Travis were in the first five, but they only played 6 minutes each. It was probably so they could rest because Himik had a tough match in the Eurocup on Wednesday, against Kolejliler in Ankara. Krivbas recently lost to the weakened Azovmas with over 40 difference. Coach Karlis Muiznieks said this before today's match: We allowed our key players to rest in the last match, but today, we'll be playing in full lineup. No way we're going to underestimate our opponent because we still remember the defeat against Krivbas in the first match... I had a meeting with the players, and they were told that regardless of the opponents' quality, we have to play full strength. We have to get even for the defeat, and give our loyal fans the chance to see real basketball being played.