Grigonis saved the incredibly fallen “Žalgiris” / News

Nuotr .: Valencia Basket / Miguel Ángel Polo

Nuotr .: Valencia Basket / Miguel Ángel Polo

Nuotr .: Valencia Basket / Miguel Ángel Polo

Nuotr .: Valencia Basket / Miguel Ángel Polo

Nuotr .: Valencia Basket / Miguel Ángel Polo

Kaunas “Žalgiris” (13-9) squandered a double-digit lead and appeared to have lost the victory, but once again the savior Marius Grigonis started the thirteenth Euroleague win from Kaunas.

Martin Schiller students on the move 79:78 (20:20, 27:18, 13:17, 19:23) broke the Valencia basketball players (11-11).

With this victory, Kaunas surpassed the Bayern Munich team (13-9) and surpassed the Germans in the standings, climbing to sixth place.

43 seconds after Thomas Walkup’s three-point Kaunas, Kaunas had a 7-point lead (77:70), but soon Klemen Prepelihe responded with a long shot (73:77).

Joffrey Lauvergne lost twice under the basket, or likus Nikola Kaliničius was stopped by a throw-in for 7 seconds.

The Serbian scored two penalties (75:77), threebut the hosts recovered the ball and 3 seconds later Sam Van Rossom stabbed a triple that led the Valencia forward (78:77).

Schiller entrusted the decisive attack to Grigonis, who deftly dodged the two defenders and hit two points with a siren, marking a dramatic victory for Kaunas (79:78).

Grigonis’ victorious launch:

Game hero Grigonis scored 12 points (2/5 doubles, 1/1 trit., 5/7 penalties) in 27 minutes, bounced 4 and lost 3 balls, caused 4 fouls and scored 10 utility points.

Augustine Rubitas played most useful in the ranks of “Žalgiris”. The American scored 17 points (4/5 dvit., 3/4 trit.) In 25 minutes, he bounced 2 and took 1 ball, made 1 assists, made a mistake and scored 17 utility points.

Man of the match

Tonight, Rubit pulled out a weapon rarely seen this season: triples. The high shot hit 3 out of 4 long shots, though he had only scored once from the 3-point zone in the Euroleague before.

Rokas Jokubaitis played a great game. The young Žalgiris player scored 10 points (5/5 doubles) in 13 minutes, bounced 3 balls, made 6 assists, committed 4 times and scored 16 utility points.

The 20-year-old repeated his personal record for successful transfers tonight: 6.

Prepeličius was difficult to stop in the Valencian team. Slovenia scored 18 points (4/6 trit., 6/8 penalty) in 22 minutes, rebounded, took control and lost 1 ball, gave 2 assists, caused 6 fouls and scored 20 utility points.

Friday at 10 pm “Žalgiris” will face Vitorija “Baskonia” in the Euroleague.

Valencia: Clement Prepelicius 18 (4/6 trit.), Louis Labeyrie 17 (2/8 trit., 5th rev.), Martin Hermannsson 13 (5/5 trit.), Sam Van Rossom 9.

“Žalgiris”: Augustine Rubitas 17 (3/4 trit.), Joffrey Lauvergne 13 (5/13 diat., 12 reb.), Marius Grigonis 12 (5/7 pun.), Rokas Jokubaitis 10 (6th ed.), Paulius Jankūnas and Thomasas Walkupas (5th ed.) After 8.

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