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Defending champion Kaunas “Žalgiris” (1/0) started the new Betsafe-LKL season with a very easy victory.
Martin Schiller coaches the team at home without much trouble 89:56 (23:21, 22:11, 24: 7, 20:17) crushed Šiauliai (0/1), in whose ranks the young giant Jonas Paukštė also played.
The course of the duel:
Šiauliai started this match with unexpected success: the guests played successfully and took the lead in the middle of the quarter after Aurimas Urbonas’s 13:12 triple. Ryan Anderson added two points, but soon Žalgiris’s team scored two three points and Paulius Jankūnas added two free throws. The residents of Šiauliai responded to this with the attacks of R. Anderson and the first points of Ernestas Jonkus in LKL – 21:23.
In the first half of the second half, Žalgiris bounced many balls in attack, although the opponents were not penalized for it. However, “Žalgiris” played a very good stretch, which was interrupted by three points just a few minutes later by Elvaras Fridriksson – 38:29. After two halves, the Kaunas club gained a double-digit lead and went ahead 45:32.
After a long break, the fans gathered at Žalgiris Stadium didn’t see much intrigue. “Šiauliai” scored just 4 points in more than 7 minutes and was even 36:60 behind. Augustine Rubitas accelerated in the ranks of the Lithuanian champions, in turn, A. Urbonas added two points in the ranks of Šiauliai, and R. Anderson added a free kick – 69:39.
At the end of the confrontation, the people of Žalgiris relaxed, so the opponents won the stage 12: 4 and melted the deficit. This surprised Kaunas residents a bit more, who regained an extremely crushing advantage again after the beautiful actions of Joffrey Lauvergne. “Žalgiris” claimed first LKL win this season 89:56.
Žalgiris: Joffrey Lauvergne 16 (8/10 colon, 8 rebounds, 24 points), Artūras Milaknis (4/7 triples) and Marius Grigonis (4/4 triples) 12 each, Lukas Lekavičius 9, Thomas Walkup (6 res.) And Augustine Rubit (4/4 two points, 11 min.) After 8.
Šiauliai: Andy Van Vliet 14 (2/6 triples), Ryan Anderson 13 (10th rep.), Aurim Urbon 10, Elvar Fridriksson 9 (2/5 triples).
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