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Kaunas “Žalgiris” basketball players from the Citadele King Mindaugas Cup are up for the fourth trophy. So far only Vilnius Rytas has managed to get pregnant twice in the final, and in Sunday’s grand final we challenged the champions Panevėžys Lietkabelis, having coached Utena Juventus 84:73 in the first semi-final.
Klaipėda residents played in the KMT final four for the past two years, but were left without medals. The only time, in 2016, the port city team won the bronze of the tournament.
“Neptūnas” sent a serious signal to the opponents from the first minutes of the duel that they would not retreat anywhere without the fight. “Žalgiris” got stuck in the attack, and here the port city team enjoyed the game and even created some beautiful alley-oop episodes – one ended with the placement of Benas Griciūnas, and in the other Matas Jogėla was stopped only for a foul.
At the beginning of the second half, Tomas Gaidamavičius’s students scored a record 8-point lead (27:19), but then Žalgiris’s team was awakened by Joffrey Lauvergne, who played an impressive first part of the match. The Frenchman reigned under the opponents’ basket, scoring up to 18 points, 5 balls and 20 utility points during the first half of the match, and the owners of the Copa Rey Mindaugas took the break with a fragile three-point lead – 38: 35.
After the break, J. Lauvergne continued to collect points with pleasure, but the rest of the people of Žalgiris looked dull – “Neptūnas” smelled the smell of blood and kept a few points away. For a moment, it seemed that after three-quarters, the port city basketball players would have a point of advantage, but Artūras Milaknis (55:53) hit the triple with a siren, which also set other Kaunas residents on fire. .
In the fourth quarter, Žalgiris finally managed to get into a higher gear: the LKL champions ran 13: 3 and quickly gained a double-digit lead, which they held until the end of the match.
J. Lauvergne in a winning match in 25 minutes. scored up to 28 points, bounced 10 balls and scored 32 utility points.
Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / Joffrey Lauvergne
Only the Frenchman and Paulius Jankūnas managed to score a double-digit number of points in the ranks of “Žalgiris”. The team most likely to score three points in the Euroleague in the semifinals did not play long distances and scored 6 three points out of 16 (37%).
Kaunas won the fight under the board (35:27), but lacked aggression in attack – he threw only 9 free throws.
In turn, Neptune scored solidly two points (61%), but less than three points (26 versus 27), and could not boast similar accuracy from long range (33%).
Norbert Giga scored 16 points and 24 utility points for the port city basketball players, losing only to powerful rival J. Lauvergne in this match.
Kaunas “Žalgiris”: Joffrey Lauvergne 28 (d. 13/19), Paulius Jankūnas 12 (d. 6, d. 15), Augustine Rubitas (d. 4/4) and Thomas Walkup (d.) After 8, Artūras Milaknis 7, Rokas Jokubaitis and Karolis Lukošiūnas (7 min.) After 6.
Klaipeda “Neptune”: Norbertas Giga 16 (7th chamber, 5 res., 24 points), Benas Griciūnas and Žygimantas Janavičius 11 each, Matas Jogėla 10 (17 points), Džiugas Slavinskas 9
The course of the match
After the fourth quarter: Kaunas “Žalgiris” – Klaipėda “Neptūnas” 84:72 (15:21, 23:14, 17:18, 29:19).
40 min. “Žalgiris” triumphs with the result 84:72.
39 min. K.Lukošiūnas also guesses to score the triple, but D.Slavinskas (81:70) is also responsible for throwing the same value.
38 min. The fourth half belongs to P. Jankūnas, who throws one precise colon from the middle distance after another (78:65).
36 min. The teams exchange effective attacks, and the Kaunas team leads 74:63.
34 min. Four points from J. Lauvergne without an answer, but the advantage of the residents of Kaunas to a signal is drawn by the triple of N. Giga (68:59).
33 min. Klaipėda residents are forced to request a meeting: M.Grigonis eliminates the team by 8 points (64:56).
32 min. R. Jokubaitis opens the quarter with four points, but Ž. Janavičius also enters him with a bite (59:56).
After the third quarter: Kaunas “Žalgiris” – Klaipėda “Neptūnas” 55:53 (15:21, 23:14, 17:18)
30 minutes. A.Milaknis hits a triple with the siren of the third part: the inhabitants of Kaunas are ahead with only two points (55:53)
29 min. A spectacular fourth quarter seems to be waiting for us. The people of Žalgiris are trapped in the defense of their opponents and are 1 point behind (52:53).
28 min. Fantasy! Ž.Janavičius takes a long shot and the people of Klaipėda go ahead again (48:50).
27 min. N.Mineikis causes a foul by taking a long shot and the difference between the teams is minimal (48:47).
26 min. J. Lauvergne continues to terrorize the great rivals of the rivals – already 24 points – exactly half of what “Žalgiris” has accumulated (48:44).
25 min. M. Jogėla reaches a vital three point point for “Neptune” (46:42).
24 min. Point 20 of the French for “Žalgiris” is a very viscous fourth quarter start, but Kaunas cannot escape (42:39).
23 min. J.Lauvergne oppressed B.Griciūnas throughout the match, but was ultimately beaten by the hour of the rematch. The Klaipeda tower hits a somewhat curious colon with a foul (40:39).
22 min. Ineffective start of the middle (40:37).
After II halves: Kaunas „Žalgiris“ – Klaipėda „Neptūnas“ 38:35 (15:21, 23:14)
20 minutes. J. Lauvergne’s impressive first half of the match was 18 points and “Žalgiris” ‘s fragile lead was 38:35.
19 min. E.Šaulys compares the result (34:34).
18 min. Euroleague mode kicks in gradually. Kaunas defense is getting stronger and stronger, and Th.Walkupas leads them for the first time (34:31).
17 min. The French solo continues, and even S. Galdik fails to stop the stop (29:31). Joffrey scored nearly half of the team’s points (14 of 29).
15 minutes. The Kaunas are increasingly active in the attack: J. Lauvergne is pulling his carriage, which has already scored 10 points (25:29).
13 min. Representatives of the port city seem motivated to bite the opponents. Other alley-oop’as – M. Jogėlis is stopped only for a foul by A. Rubitas (19:27).
12 min. E.Šaulys scratches the opponents defense and presents the ball to B.Griciūnas as if at a plate. “Žalgiris” also scores points, but once again we have to speak loudly of “Neptūnas” loudly, who again shakes the basket (19:25).
After the first half: Kaunas “Žalgiris” – Klaipėda “Neptūnas” 15:21
10 minutes. The solid half of the residents of Klaipeda are crowned by the strong launch of A. Sidarevičius, something unexpected against “Neptūnas” (15:21).
9 min. Exciting episodes abound at the start of the game. Hayes was ready to score a double point in a quick attack, but the ball thrown by the American was taken by the flyer M. Jogėla (15:19).
8 min. The response to the outbreak is with an outbreak: “Neptune” ahead 19:13.
7 min. After a minute of rest, Th.Walkup rubs and hits the triple. A. Rubitas adds two points and leaves almost nothing out of the opponents (13:14).
6 min. Woof! The residents of Kaunas are attacking, but they cannot return to the defense: the residents of Klaipėda, who quickly switched to the attack, create a beautiful “ground-to-air” attack, on top of which stands B.Griciūnas (8:14 ).
5 minutes. Kaunas residents obviously take a chance with Ž.Janavičius, who shoots the third 3-pointers, but this time he hits it (6:10).
4 min. “Žalgiris” wakes up – J. Lauvergne grabs the ball and pushes it from above in a quick attack (6: 7).
2 minutes. N.Giga increases “Neptune” lead to seven. J.Lauvergne (2: 7) finally reaches Žalgiriai’s points count after a shot from mid-range.
1 minute. Klaipėda residents perform two attacks in a row in the attack and convert the second chance to points (0: 4).
Kaunas starts the match with Thomas Walkup, Marius Grigonis, Artūrs Milaknis, Nigel Hayes and Joffrey Lauvergne.
Five “Neptūnas”: Žygimantas Janavičius, Evaldas Šaulys, Džiugas Slavinskas, Norbertas Giga and Simas Galdikas.
| Žalgiris | Neptune | |
| Mr. Grigonis (12.6) | Points | M.Mažeika (11.1) |
| M. Gebenas (5.4) | Bounces | B.Griciūnas (4.9) |
| Th.Walkupas (5.3) | Effective transfers | Ž.Janavičius (5.7) |
| N. Hayesas (1,2) | Balls intercepted | Ž.Janavičius (1.5) |
| J.Lauvergne’as (14.8) | Utility scores | Ž.Janavičius (10.5) |
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