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At the beginning of the match, M. Schiller chose the following five starters: Thomas Walkup, Steve Vasturia, Marius Grigonis, Nigel Hayes and Joffrey Lauvergne, and Patricio Garinas, who continues his rehabilitation, and Augustine Rubitas and Karolis Lukošiūnas, who suffered minor injuries, they did not play in this match.
After playing the first points of “Žalgiris” for two minutes with a long pitch, N. Hayes scored, then in two minutes he scored two more long shots – 9: 1. In the middle of the half, J. Lauvergne scored two points. from under the basket, and S. Vasturia and M. Grigonis added three points after 17: 3. Žalgirai’s people maintained an extremely high pace in attack and defense, forcing opponents to stagnate. Paulius Jankūnas scored five points late in the half, Artūras Milaknis added two – 24: 7.
The second quarter started with three points from the Riga VEF team, to which Marekas Blaževičius responded with a two-point foul. A. Milaknis received a non-sports foul, and then both teams exchanged long pitches. Tomas Dimša also opened his points account – 30:15.
Rokas Jokubaitis, who organized a heavy raid, initiated the attack from the people of Žalgiris who had been trapped for a time in the middle of the middle, after which the hands of the other people of Žalgiris separated. Initially, the colon was made by J. Lauvergne, two points with a foul were added by M. Grigonis, and all three points were scored by R. Jokubaitis himself – 40:18.
Opponents responded to M. Grigonis’ 3-point shot with two accurate long shots, and N. Hayes posted his fourth 3-point shot. After the points of J.Lauvergne and M.Grigonis, the people of Žalgiris left the dressing room with the result 50:24.
After the break, the Žalgiris people extended the match with a 9: 0 thunderbolt, and T. Walkupas even scored seven points from them. VEF scored the first points with a long shot after playing almost three and a half minutes – 59:27.
Martin Geben scored his first points on free throws, S. Vasturia added two points on the fast attack and Žalgiris’ team advanced even further – 63:27. M. Geben responded to the opponents ‘good shots and set up the fast attack with four straight points, and A. Milaknis, who hit a long shot, increased Žalgiris’ lead to 38 points – 70:32.
At the end of the half, the attack of both teams was a bit stagnant and the VEF team managed to reduce lag – 74:42.
The Latvian guests started the fourth quarter with a start, but soon A. Milaknis responded with three long pitches – 83:50. N.Hayes made his fifth long pitch, M.Blaževičius, M.Grigonis and J.Lauvergne scored 92:57. At the end of the match, the Riga VEF team managed to score two more points, and the match ended with a score of 92:59.
„Žalgiris“: Marius Grigonis and Nigelas Hyes 15 each, Artūras Milaknis (4/5 triples) 14, Joffrey Lauvergne 8 (12 rebounds, 6 res.), Thomas Walkupas 7, Martin Gebenas 6, Marekas Blaževičius, Paulius Jankūnas, Rokas Jokubaitis, Steve Vasturia and Tomas Dimša 5 each, Lukas Lekavičius 2.
VEF: Kristersas Zorikas 16, Kyle’as Allmanas 8.
In the second control match, on Friday, Žalgiris will play with Juventus de Utena, and on September 7, in Palanga, the Lithuanian champions will face Panevėžys Lietkabelis.
From September 12 to 13, the residents of Žalgiris will take part in the Euroleague control tournament in Kaunas, where they will try their luck at the AX Armani Exchange in Milan, the Panathinaikos in Athens and the ALBA in Berlin.
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