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Kaunas “Žalgiris” (7/7) achieved the second consecutive victory in the Euroleague, defeating Vitorija “Baskonia” at home (6/7) – 92: 73 (25:22, 19:14, 24:11, 24:26).
At the start of the match Youssopha Fallas, who scored the first points, powerfully blocked Thomas Walkup and added a double point with a foul, it was difficult to catch, but Marius Grigonis allowed Žalgiris’s team to hold on for three points. At the end of the half, Paulius Jankūnas scored the first three points of the season, and Lukas Lekavičius closed the fourth with his standard shot. 25:22.
In the second half, 3-pointers by Nigel Hayes and Lukas Lekavičius helped hold the lead, and the American added a good pass to P. Jankūnas – 35:29. The Žalgiris people were also separated by a double-digit difference, which they managed to recover after a long break (44:33). However, Luca Vildoza scored the triple: 36:44.
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– Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) December 15, 2020
“Žalgiris” managed to avoid the pit in the third half, which was started by Artūras Milaknis with three points, and P.Jankūnas extended his successful performance with points – 49:40. Two more long shots by A. Milaknis raised the difference to 15 points – 55:40. Another triple by Rokas Jokubaitis and effective attacks by L. Lekavičius and Joffrey Lauvergne further enhanced the record lead: 68:47.
In the last quarter, Martin Schiller did not relax and asked for a minute of rest after the attack of two successful rivals – 74:52. Nigel Hayes scored the fifteenth point from three points of “Žalgiris”, L.Lekavičius – the sixteenth – the seventeenth and the eighteenth – Karolis Lukošiūnas, who barely appeared in the square, consolidating the victory.
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– Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) December 15, 2020
Žalgiris’ people (18/26 long shots, 69 percent accuracy) broke the club’s record, which they achieved in February this year by shooting 19 3-pointers in the basket of Istanbul’s Anadolu Efes.
Lithuanian rivals did not hurt Žalgiris this time. Rokas Giedraitis scored 7 points (2/6 two points, 1/3 three points) in 21 minutes, took 2 balls, made a successful pass, once made a mistake and fouled and scored 2 utility points.
Tadas sedekerskis he missed (0/1 two points) in 21 minutes, bounced 3 and took 2 balls and scored 4 utility points.
Žalgiris: Artūras Milaknis – 15 (5/7 triples), Lukas Lekavičius 13 (4th trans.), Joffrey Lauvergne 12 (6th rep, 6/7 triples), Nigel Hayes (3/5 triples) and Marius Grigonis (5 res.) After from 11.
„Baskonia“: Youssoupha Fallas 14 (5/8 twins), Alecas Peters 12, Luca Vildoza and Zoranas Dragicius 10 each.
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