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The retaliatory team match, in which the Pasvalys people will try to eliminate the 16-point deficit, will be played on 18 January at the “Žalgiris” stadium in Kaunas.
The four finalists, whom Žalgiris hopes to defend in 2017, 2018 and 2020. The KMT trophies will take place from February 13-14 at the Panevėžys “Cido” stadium.
Žalgiris’s victory at Pasvalys was set by a powerful high game.
Joffrey Lauvergne, Augustine Rubit and Paul Jankūnas scored up to 50 points together. Only Marius Grigonis stepped in among the top dominators, not only scoring 14 points, but also delivering 9 assists, the most this season.
Pasvalys’s people started the match with a frenzied attack, and the brightest Andreja Milutinovičius scored 9 points during the quarter. Pieno Žvaigždės led at the same time at 18:10 and won the first 10 minutes of the match at 26:25.
It is interesting that in the first half of the hosts’ center, Daniel Amigo accumulated up to four fouls in just over three minutes, and the Pasvalians in general committed practically every minute: 9 penalties were charged.
“Žalgiris” gradually took the initiative in the second half, during which he was already leading most of the time, but the country’s champions could not stop the attack of the “Milk Stars”.
Until the end of the second half, the Gediminas Petrauskas students did not lose a single colon (they matched 13), and in the middle of the match “Žalgiris” led only 53:50.
The favorites of the match and the entire tournament showed their muscles immediately after the long break. Žalgiris, who dominated the penalty area, scored the first nine points in the third quarter, and Marius Grigonis’s 3-pointer ended Žalgiris’ streak 21: 7, after which the difference was already 16 points – 74:58 .
It is true that the people of Pasvalys managed to control the growing tsunami of the “Žalgiris” attacks. In the final 3.5 minutes of the third quarter, Martin Schiller’s team did not score a point, and the Milk Stars, who finished 7: 0 in the fourth, fell behind by just one mark – 67:76.
However, the hosts failed to extend the successful stretch and into the fourth quarter.
J.Lauvergne and other tall people dominated the ranks of “Žalgiris”, and the difference in the middle of the half reached the limit of 20 points – 91:71. Finally, Žalgiris’ team won the match by 16 points.
“Milk stars”: Paulius Petrilevičius (7/9 diat., 8 rebounds, 6 dd.) And Andreja Milutinovičius (6/10 shots) after 18, Tomas Lekūnas 15 (penalty 9/11), Danielis Amigo 14.).
Žalgiris: Joffrey Lauvergne 22 (10/18 doubles, 6 rebels), Augustine Rubitas 15 (6/6 pitches), Marius Grigonis 14 (4/5 trit. Bal.), Paulius Jankūnas 13 (7/7 penalty), Artūras Milaknis 11 (3/5 trit.), Lukas Lekavičius 10 (1/7 double).
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