Symbolic day – historical battle: “Žalgiris” – CSKA | Euroleague

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The inhabitants of Kaunas march in the Euroleague with a great rhythm and have achieved six consecutive victories, and in the tournament table with 11 wins and 7 failures they are classified even in the fifth position.

CSKA continues to dominate the tournament, but last week they lost a bit unexpectedly to the Vitorian team “Baskonia”. However, this did not take the “Red Army” out of first place (14-4).

It is interesting that Žalgiris has never won a match against CSKA in Moscow in 12 matches.

By the way, this week in the Euroleague is double, so the Kaunas residents will not be retiring home after the game. A duel against Zenit awaits them on Friday in Saint Petersburg.

The course of the match. “Žalgiris” – CSKA

Second half. Žalgiris

16 min. J. Lauvergne is also beaten on defense: during an attack he made two serious errors, CSKA ended the attack by placing him in the basket. Kaunas residents need a lot to fix – 6:29 pm.

15 minutes. Lauvergne put ball after ball into Chimki’s basket last week, but now he has not been able to get it. L.Lekavičius scored two more points, already four in a row – 18:27.

14 min. After three precise pitches, J. Voigtmann felt too much and hit a 3 that didn’t even touch the goal. Hayes ran under the basket too primitively, the referees awarded a foul on attack – 16:25.

13 min. It is very difficult to attack Žalgiris so far, the delay is almost double digits again: 14:22.

	Donatas URBONAS, journalist 15min
	The 11-point first half in Moscow for “Žalgiris” was the most ineffective of this Euroleague season. It will also be related to the 10 3-pointers shot, which is why many did not run on the green in the first 10 minutes.

11 min. Geben fouled but scored only one of two free throws. “Žalgiris” does not get along with opponents under his basket – 12:20.

The first half. “Žalgiris” – CSKA 11:18

	Donatas URBONAS, journalist 15min
	CSKA’s strong defense blocks the way to the basket and forces Žalgiris to look for solutions beyond the three-point line. Only 1 in 7 colones reached the goal, and from a distance the guests attacked up to 10 times (hit 3). By the way, CSKA forward Semion Antonov is reminiscent of Russian backcourt Simas Galdikas. You do not

10 minutes. A colon of seven (14%) and three two points of ten (30%) are the goals of “Žalgiris” in this match so far. The fight for the balls is lost at 6:14.

9 min. James hit again, the deficit increased again – 11:16.

7 min. James scored his first points, but the defender has already lost three triples.

Donatas URBONAS, journalist 15min

“Žalgiris” started in Moscow too soft on both sides of the square. It is a bit strange that, unlike Kaunas, M. Schiller did not start the match with Jankūnas, who has been playing successfully recently, and in the first round he managed very well with Schengen, but Hayes. But the triples take “Žalgiris” out of the points. When CSKA’s attack is missing a bit of success, at least some balls have escaped from the basket.

6 min. Th.Walkup also lands a triple. It is easier to breathe, it seems that the engine of the attack “Žalgiris” started – 11:12.

5 minutes. Kaunas residents are caught in the attack, but this time Th.Walkupas hit a difficult shot – 8:12.

4 min. Finally, the first points of “Žalgiris”, which A. Milaknis scored from afar, add a triple to N. Hayes – 6:10.

2 minutes. In the first attack of the match, T. Šengelia violated the attack against N. Hayes, but the first points were still scored by CSKA, in the second attack N. Milutinovas still charged from above, Kaunas trailing – 0: 6.

	Donatas URBONAS, journalist 15min
	It’s fun, but on the other hand, he’s looking forward to watching the Euroleague game with the spectators. In Moscow, by law, you can fill 25 percent. all fan seats. Thus, in the Megasport stands, Žalgiris and CSKA can witness a little more than 3,000 duels. people.

Team starts five:

Žalgiris: Thomas Walkup, Marius Grigonis, Artūras Milaknis, Nigel Hayes, Joffrey Lauvergne.

CSKA: Mike James, Darrun Hilliard, Nikita Kurbanov, Tengikė Shengelia, Nikola Milutinov.