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Last Friday, Kaunas “Žalgiris” managed to sneak through a keyhole, knocking out visitors from Greece in the final 2 minutes.
This was Žigiriai’s second painful blow for the Olympiakos club this season, joining the duel in Piraeus, when Rokas Jokubaitis recovered the ball in attack late in the match and made two free throws.
On Friday night on Nemunas Island, when Žalgiris had a 7-point deficit 2 minutes before the end of the match, many green and white fans were able to turn off the television, but Martin Schiller’s students only proved once again that these teams They should not be prematurely canceled.
The situation changed with lightning speed: Joffrey Lauvergne scored two points, Artūras Milaknis added three points, shots from Shaquielle McKissico and Livio Jean-Charles from under the basket, which were crowned with force on the other side of the field. sprintavusio The addition of Lauvergne.
The result instantly became smooth. But Olympia’s problems didn’t end there. Kostas Sloukas suffocated in the clutches of the aggressive Thomas Walkup, who was attacking him, and the American from “Žalgiris”, who was on a quick attack, created one of the most memorable Kaunas club episodes in Euroleague history.
Th.Walkup was pushed by both Vassilis Spanoulis and L. Jean-Charles, but the defender, who ran on the cross and didn’t hold his feet too badly, scored a difficult and victorious shot from the backboard.
“We had another foul, so I tried to catch the ball. We managed to catch the ball, watch the time – it was enough, and we just had to sneak under the basket”, – Th.Walkup did not mean the winning episode.
In the remaining 0.8 seconds. Greece’s opponents no longer managed to escape, but demanded a decisive episode from the referees.
“At the end of the match, we did everything we could to lose,” Olympiacos strategist Georgios Bartzok said after the match.
VIDEO: The magic ending: Walkup’s throw-in, which brought victory to Žalgiris
Fenerbahche 76:79 Žalgiris (2019)
The worthy end of the film was also last season in Istanbul, in a match marked by Marius Grigonis and a victorious shot against Fenerbahche.
Derrick Williams displayed great athletic ability and pushed the ball hard into the basket, and after this episode, both the American and the 10,000 fans who believed in victory roared.
At the beginning of the last minute, Željkas Obradovičius’s team took the lead 76:69.
With 50 seconds left, M. Grigonis hit a triple, and Nigel Hayes took the ball and scored two points with a foul from Nando De Colo.
“Žalgiris” suddenly returned to the duel – the teams were separated by only one point.
The chaotic attack of the “Fenerbahche” ended with an unsuspecting launch from Kostas Sloukas, thus giving the guests of Kaunas a chance.
The hero was M. Grigonis, who scored a difficult colon, and after a few moments added two more free throws.
“It just came to our attention then. I had to take the ball. I was still lucky to have exchanged with Slouk. I attacked … And he came out the way he came out. When you fight, sometimes success keeps coming,” M. Grigonis evaluated the moment. Victory.
“It is a fantastic victory, what else can be said here? We took out a match that seemed to have been given away for a long time. It seemed to me that such an opportunity would not come, “said Šarūnas Jasikevičius.
This is the match in which M. Grigonis suffered that unfortunate injury, which took him out of the lineup for a long time. Although the defender still played several games on painkillers, Shar’s men found themselves on a terrible streak and lost nine times in a row.
VIDEO: Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul – Zalgiris Kaunas Highlights | Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, RS Round 6
Žalgiris 80:79 Sasaris Dinamo (2014)
“Žalgiris”, who played in front of Arvydas Sabonis, who celebrated his 50th birthday, almost attracted the cake, but a fantastic jet at the end of the match, and James Anderson’s victorious shot at the last moment, cheered the jubilee and opened the door for the Lithuanian champions to the Top 16 stage of the Euroleague.
The basketball players of Sasaris “Dinamo”, who started shooting three points, went ahead 77:68 3 minutes before, but then the time of J. Anderson dawned, who scored 7 of the last 12 points of “Žalgiris”, including the launch with the opponent’s foul 2.5 seconds.
The American who saved from falling in the European Cup scored a total of 26 points.
“It just came to our notice then. We fell behind, but we never gave up. In the last attack, I had a great opportunity to attack the basket, I used it and I hit it,” Anderson said.
VIDEO: Highlights: Zalgiris Kaunas-Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari
Zadar 86:87 Žalgiris (2001)
This green-white salvation can be compared to a miracle. This is one of the most impressive comebacks in the entire history of the Euroleague tournament.
When commenting on the match, Robertas Petrauskas was already counting Žalgiris’ theoretical possibilities of breaking into the next stage, when Kaunas, who had played in Croatia, was 74:83 just over 30 seconds away.
Then Andrius Jurkūnas scored a triple, Algirdas Brazio’s students took the ball, scored four free throws and missed one, then Donatas Slanina shot a triple and the score was equalized.
The Žalgiris players who did not retaliate continued to pressure the Zadar player, transgressed and were back in the role of laggards – 84:86.
The victory was determined by the decisive foray of Kęstutis Marčiulionis and a colon with a foul. This player became the most productive and useful among the winners, scoring 19 points and adding 26 utility points.
There was no shortage of emotions in the Jazine arena after the final siren: the beer cans flew onto the field and the center of the Kaunas team, Grigorijus Chižniakas, clapped and greeted the fans.
VIDEO: One of the best comebacks in basketball history (Euroleague) Zalgiris – Zadar 2001
“Žalgiris” has achieved more impressive, but pleasant results.
In the final game of the regular season against Olympiacos, when Šas Jasikevičius’s students then marched to the bottom four, Žalgiris was 15 points behind after the first half, but won after Paulius Jankūnas shot 86:85.
Do you remember those legendary Vidas Ginevičius matches in Barcelona? In the 32nd minute of the match, “Žalgiris” was 10 points behind, but in the end they took a rare victory at the “Palau Blaugrana” stadium.
There was a comeback of “Žalgiris” and a regrettable ending.
Last season, S. Jasikevičius’ army eliminated the 7-point deficit against Zenit St. Petersburg in 150 seconds, but fell during extra time. Last year, the 11-point deficit was erased in the last three minutes against Barcelona, but we are not going to smile at Žalgiris.
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