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Kaunas “Žalgiris” (8/1) got into the Euroleague stood out in the Lithuanian Basketball League (“Betsafe-LKL”), at home 81:59 (22:20, 14:14, 22:15, 23:10) crushed the “Neptune” of Klaipėda (3/6).
“Žalgiris” started the match with a triple from Marius Grigonis and threatened to walk away quickly (7: 2), but the Klaipeda people soon recovered. Adomas Sidarevičius stole the ball from Lukas Lekavičius and caused a non-sports foul, which he made the most of – 12:13. Karolis Lukošiūnas, who scored the last point of the half, doubled the advantage of “Žalgiris” – 22:20.
In the second quarter, Marekas Blaževičius made it to the square, but failed to defend himself twice against Simas Galdikas and sat down on a bench just a minute later. After Neptune replaced the center forward, the young Žalgiris soon returned to the square. The visitors weren’t going to slow down – Noah Mineikis was able to provoke a free kick by shooting from a distance, and the guests went ahead – 33:28. Martynas Mažeika then earned personal and technical fouls, which became his fourth, and Rokas Jokubaitis scored five points in a row. L.Lekavičius finished the half with a free kick – 36:34.
Coming back strong after a long break, Žalgiris managed to gain a double-digit lead (49:38), but didn’t hold it for long. “Neptune” was close, but at the end of the fourth Steve Vasturia hit from afar, and L. Lekavičius scored the last points – 58:49.
In the last quarter, “Žalgiris” quickly took the lead and avoided intrigue at the end of the match.
Žalgiris’s team ended the match without L. Lekavičius, who received the second non-sports foul in the fourth quarter and had to walk into the locker room.
The “Žalgiris” continued working without the traumatized Patricio Garinas, and Augustine Rubitas rested after two weeks of the Euroleague. “Neptūnas” still did not have the main player Žygimantas Janavičius.
In this match, Klaipėda attacked “from the game” with only 33 percent accuracy (19/56) and scored just 3 3-pointers in 18 attempts (16 percent accuracy).
Žalgiris: Marius Grigonis 15 (2/5 triples), Lukas Lekavičius 11, Nigelas Hayesas and Karolis Lukošiūnas 8 each, Rokas Jokubaitis 7 (6th ed.).
Neptune: Benas Griciūnas 10 (4th rec., 5/10 colon), Simas Galdikas 9, Matas Jogėla and Norbertas Giga (8 rec.) After 7, Tadas Pažėra and Nojus Mineikis after 6.
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