Marijonas Petravičius (born October 24, 1979) is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player. He was a member of the Lithuania national team. He mainly played the center position, but he could also could play the power forward position.
Professional career
With his former club Mitteldeutscher BC, he won the FIBA Europe Cup in 2004, being the Final Four MVP.
Petravičius arrived in Vilnius in 2006, to replace Robertas Javtokas who left the team, and he quickly became the first choice center for Rytas. He helped Rytas to reach the Eurocup final in 2007. In 2008, the team was competing in the Euroleague, and in his first game Petravičius scored 29 points against Armani Jeans Milano.
Petravičius led Rytas to first place during the group stage, but unfortunately during a practice Petravičius suffered a foot injury. With the club's three leaders injured: himself, Matthew Nielsen and Roberts Štelmahers, Rytas failed to enter the Euroleague quarterfinals. He was named the Eurocup Basketball Finals MVP in 2009.[1]
He joined the Italian League club Armani Jeans Milano in 2009.[2][3]
In August 2011, he agreed terms with the Turkish Basketball League team Beşiktaş. However, Beşiktaş gave up on signing him after he was diagnosed with a lung problem.[4] Later he signed contract with Azovmash Mariupol,[5] however he asked to wait one month due to personal reasons. Azovmash declined to wait one month for him and terminated the contract.[6]
On 16 January 2012 Petravičius signed with Khimki.[7] He debuted in Khimki on 28 January 2012. He played only 5 minutes and scored 2 points, grabbed 1 rebound and made one assist, but he also made two turnovers and got one foul.[8] However, this was his first and the last one game in Khimki, because his disease renewed. On 17 February 2012 Khimki terminated contract with Marijonas Petravičius.[9]
Euroleague career statistics
Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
| Year |
Team |
GP |
GS |
MPG |
FG% |
3P% |
FT% |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
BPG |
PPG |
PIR |
|---|
| 2007–08 |
Lietuvos Rytas |
17 | 16 | 25.1 | .722 | .000 | .741 | 5.6 | .3 | .6 | .4 | 13.5 | 15.7 |
| 2009–10 |
Milano |
8 | 4 | 18.5 | .617 | .000 | .756 | 3.3 | .6 | .4 | .3 | 9.1 | 10.4 |
| 2010–11 |
Milano |
5 | 4 | 15.4 | .630 | .000 | .700 | 3.2 | .0 | .4 | .0 | 8.2 | 6.8 |
| Career |
|
30 | 24 | 21.7 | .699 | .000 | .743 | 4.6 | .5 | .3 | .3 | 11.4 | 12.8 |
Lithuanian national team
Petravičius was a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team at the Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics tournament in Beijing, China where Lithuania finished in 4th place. He also participated in EuroBasket 2009 and EuroBasket 2011; during the latter tournament, however, he was forced to leave the team due to being diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism.
Awards and achievements
- FIBA Europe Cup Champion: 2004
- FIBA Europe Cup Final Four MVP: 2004
- LBL Champion - 2006
- BBL Champion - 2007
- Euroleague MVP of the week runner up (scoring 29 points-career high) - 2007
- BBL Vice-Champion - 2008
- LKL Vice-Champion - 2007, 2008
- LKF Vice-Champion - 2007, 2008
- LKF Cup Champion: 2009
- Eurocup Champion: 2009
- Eurocup Basketball Finals MVP: 2009
References
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