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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” once again extended the winning streak in the Euroleague by winning the drama of the closing seconds. This time Valencia fell under the feet of the Kaunas – 79:78.

Žalgiris, who blew 7 points in less than a minute, was on the brink of a gap, but was saved by Marius Grigonis’s decisive shot.

Agustín Rubitas, who was the most useful player in the ranks, scored 17 points in 25 minutes, bounced 2 balls and scored 17 utility points.

Jonas Lekšas, a journalist for the website BasketNews.lt, praised the individual performances of the Žalgiris people in a winning match in Valencia.

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Agustín as Rubitas – 9 balai
25 min., 17 p. (4/5 dvit., 3/4 trit.), 2 atm. cam., 17 benefits. points.

Before the game in Valencia, Rubit had hit only one long pitch on the season, but on Wednesday he had no hesitation in shooting 3s and flew three of them. Although Louis Labeyrie outnumbered the Greenman a couple of times, Augustine also looked good on defense, playing mostly fourth. It is true that after Nikola Kaliničius’ third fine, Rubitas did not resist Klemen Prepeličius and could be very expensive. It was also necessary to sing a difficult Rubit pitch in the style of Dirko Nowitzki at the end of the match, which at that time allowed the guests to breathe easier.

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Rokas Jokubaitis – 8.5 points
13 min., 10 p. (5/5 dvit.), 3 atm. cam., 6 res. more than 0 copies, 4 losses, 16 uses points.

The rock did everything to perfection in attack, and his first outing was fantastic overall – diving into the penalty area, strong-handed points, shots to Rubit on the perimeter and successive passes were collected one after another. After the break, Jokubaitis also played an important role for the team in difficult moments, when twice after being thrown from behind the baseline he scored points from middle distance. How much more difficult it was for the Lithuanian to supervise Prepeličiai in his defense, against whom he had twice committed an attack from afar and at the same time – bonuso situation.

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Marius Grigonis – 8 rooms
27 min., 12 p. (2/5 dvit., 1/1 trit., 5/7 baud.), 4 rez. forward, 3 pages, 3 pages pr., 10 benefits points.

If it weren’t for the decisive shot, we wouldn’t be talking about a score like this, because the match was very difficult for Grigonis before him, but he showed character again and we have to hang our heads. Kaunas struggled to overcome the increased supervision of his opponents, and the defender was further off pace when no foul was recorded against him. float – Marius got involved in discussions with the judges and accumulated unnecessary penalties. It is important that the Lithuanian did not rush the events in the square, but the fact that he felt uncomfortable in Valencia shows not only 3 errors, but also two failed fines.

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Paulius Jankūnas – 8 points
15 min., 8 pm (3/3 double, 2/2 penalty), 4 atm. cam., 12 benefits. points.

It was good to remember the good old captains in the match and wanting to believe that they will only increase in the second half of the season. Jankūnas played a decent solid game, although there were mistakes on defense. Pursuing a Labeyrie veteran was too difficult and he asked for a change.

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Thomasas Walkupas – 7.5 balo
23 min., 8 p. (1/3 dvit., 2/3 trit.), 2 atm. cam., 5 res. lost, 1 for. cam., 0 kld., 11 benefits. points.

In the first half, Walkup went too deep to the rescue, so Sam Van Rossom sent a three-point penalty, but then the American looked solid in his basket. In attack, Thomas also brought peace, handing out 5 assists without making any mistakes, and his difficult three-point finish at the end of the duel seemed to close out the game.

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Joffrey Lauvergne’as – 6.5 balo
31 min., 13 p. (5/13 dvit., 3/6 pun.), 12 atm. cam., 2 res. more, 3 pages, 4 pages pr., 15 benefits points.

Statistically, the numbers are beautiful, Lauvergne has even improved his personal rebounding record this season, but not everything was so good on the court. In the first half of the game, the Frenchman missed a couple of comfortable shots and was also late on defense, but then took advantage of the strength advantage over Mike Tobey. However, after a break, it was strange to see Joffrey trading the game on the mustache in an attempt to hit the opponent in the face of the basket. At the end of the duel, there were a lot of unforgivable mistakes by an experienced player: after the foul, trying to shoot the ball, taking penalty kicks and then those shots from under the basket, the first of which he had to fall and the second – it didn’t have to be … Oh well, it all ended well!

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Nigelas Hayesas – 6 balai
25 min., 6 p. (0/2 dvit., 2/6 trit.), 2 atm. cam., 4 res. pass, 4 passes, 2 profit points.

For Kaliničius’ supervision until the last foul, when he attacked from afar, Hayes could have the highest score. However, in the team’s defense, Nigel made a serious mistake in the first half when he did not come to protect his teammate’s back and followed the placement of Labeyrie. A couple of American launches in the attack also looked rushed, but of course, if they had fallen, we would have said otherwise.

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Martin Geben – 5 points
9 min., 2 tšk. (1/2 dvit.), 2 atk. kam., 3 naud. balai.

Geben once allowed Bojan Dubljevičius to score points, too easily, and once he missed Martin Hermannsson. However, during the 9-minute span, the Lithuanian did not damage the video field, and after the break he scored important points by catching the ball in the air.

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Artūras Milaknis – 4 points
14 min., 3 p. (0/1 dvit., 1/2 trit.), 2 atm. cam., 2 units, 3 losses, 0 uses. points.

Milaknis scored a triple at the start of the game, but was not right at the end, leaving him absolutely free. The fourth quarter was followed by two bad episodes from the veteran: a pass to nowhere and an easy beating of an opponent that cost points for a foul.

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Lukas Lekavičius – 3 rooms
17 min, 0 points (0/3 dvit., 0/1 trit.), 1 rez. ed., 3 sec. pr., -1 benefit Score.

The first match since October 2019, when Lukas did not score a point in the Euroleague match. Lekavičius’s weak game, in which Hermannsson’s numb incision on the baseline was still memorized, ended with two Icelandic points.