The unstoppable Grigonis and the talkative Lekavičius stretched “Žalgiris” to victory in France

Lithuanian champions, who started badly but gained momentum after the break, are on their way 83:74 (13:23, 28:27, 16:10, 26:14) broke the USEL basketball players (0-3) in Wilerban.

M. Grigonis, who improved his performance and efficiency records in the Euroleague, scored 25 points (6/8 doubles, 2/6 trit., 7/7 penalties) in 29 minutes, bounced 2 balls, made 3 assists and scored 27 utility points.

Žalgiris, who was left behind for most of the match, took the lead for the first time after Joffrey Lauvergne got into position early in the fourth quarter (61:60). ASVEL quickly weighed the result in their favor (67:66), but L. Lekavičius scored 6 points in a row at a very important moment (72:67).

An important colon was soon marked by M. Grigonis, and after the insertion of Martin Geben (76:70) the Frenchman tried to save by a three points (73:76), but at the beginning of the last minute M. Grigonis hit another colon ( 78:73) and ASVEL could not recover. .

Vilustbano’s team couldn’t save him. The 218 cm tall midfielder scored 7 points (2/4 doubles) in 25 minutes, bounced 8 and took 2 balls, made 4 assists, provoked up to 11 fouls and scored 27 utility points.

The tall man scored 20 utility points in the first half of the match alone, and his team led 39:26 against the Lithuanian guests at the same time.

ASVEL: Charles Kahudi 18, Guerschon a Yabuse 17 (sixth chamber), David Lighty 16, Paul Lacombe 10, Moustapha Fallas 7 (eighth section, 11th anniversary, 27th benefit), Amine Noua 3.

Žalgiris: Marius Grigonis 25 (27 points), Lukas Lekavičius 13, Thomas Walkup 11 (7 copies, 7 copies, 26 points), Martinas Geben 9, Joffrey Lauvergne 6, Artūras Milaknis 5, Paulius Jankūnas and Augustinas Rubitas after 4.

Martin Schiller’s students are back to normal. Kaunas started the season with four wins, but suffered their first loss at home a week ago, when Valencia Basket fell 82:94.

Tonight’s match for club ASVEL was a long-awaited comeback: Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the strongest French team has not played since October 9.

On this occasion, the Vilerban team has already registered 11 basketball players and played in 9. In addition to 6 important players, Norris Cole, Antoine Diot, Alleriko Freeman, Matthew Marsh, Richard Lomaz and William Howard had to join the fight.

The Kaunas club acted without the bad sense Rokas Jokubaitis.

Žalgiris is expected to play the next Euroleague game on November 6, when Real Madrid will have to take home.

Match progress:

In the opening minutes, Žalgiris put the rivals ahead 0: 7, and although they managed to score the first points after three minutes, ASVEL gained a double-digit lead at 23:11 at the end of the first quarter.

After 12 minutes of play, Žalgiris’ team caught up with 23:26, but in the middle of time, the French broke again – 39:26.

Midway through the third quarter, ASVEL was leading by 56:47, but at the end of the quarter, Žalgiris played a more successful leg and reached 57:60.

At the beginning of the deciding quarter, Kaunas Club finally weighed the result in their favor 61:60.

Midway through the fourth quarter, the guests were leading 66:62, but with just over 3 minutes to play, ASVEL restored the minimum lead to 67:66.

Lukas Lekavičius then scored two points from a foul (69:67) and soon added a very important three points (72:67). Although the hosts scored an important triple, Marius Grigonis and Martin Geben each scored two points (76:70).

With more than a minute to go, Charles Kahudi shot from far away (73:76), but M. Grigonis responded with a 79:73 free kick.

ASVEL still scored a free throw (74:79), but the victory was ensured by free throws scored by Thomas Walkup in the closing seconds.

.@ 1JOLOLO explodes in the rim 💥# 7DAYSMagicMoment pic.twitter.com/YuE2QjpzIp

– Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) October 29, 2020