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Kaunas Citadel “Žalgiris” defended the title and the final of the King Mindaugas Cup (KMT) 76:69 (19: 8, 18:20, 21:13, 18:28) defeated Lietkabelis de Panevėžys, who did not give up and fought with honor.
The top four MVPs were recognized by the tall Joffrey Lauvergne.
The match started much more favorably for the “Žalgiris” team, which escaped 8: 0 and kept Panevėžys scoreless for more than 3 minutes. The Lietkabelis points famine was later stopped by Paulius Valinskas, while Žalgiris was still far behind: 15: 4. After the first quarter, Žalgiris led 19: 8.
Any attempt by Lietkabelis to get close was suppressed and although they managed to get close, the difference was still about 10 points, 20:30. “Žalgiris” dominated in this match, and not all of Panevėžys took advantage of the easy chances – 23:37. Gytis Masiulis and Gabrielius Maldūnas smoothed out the difference until the end of the quarter, so the residents of Kaunas did not establish a quieter life before the second part – 28:37.
After the big jump, the people of Panevėžys were closer (37:44), but Marius Grigonis and Thomas Walkup made their contribution, and the soon-to-be released Rokas Jokubaitis and Paulius Jankūnas brought Žalgiris closer to victory – 56:41. 58:41 – This is the end of the third half.
“Žalgiris” finally began to crush the rivals (68:46), although “Lietkabelis” stopped this streak and still tried to save – 55:68. After a minute break, Nenad Čanakas received a technical foul for emotions, and the Panevėžys people did not give up, they came closer, 60:70. Paulius Valinskas responded to Nigel Hayes ‘shot, but time was running out and victory was already in Žalgiris’ pocket.
Žalgiris: Thomas Walkup 18 (8th ed., 26 nb), Nigel Hayes 14, Joffrey Lauvergne 11, Augustine Rubit 8, Marius Grigonis and Rokas Jokubaitis – 7 each.
Raincoat: Kyle Vinales 17, Gytis Masiulis 11 (1/5 trit.), Gabrielius Maldūnas 10 (9th tr.), Margiris Normantas and Vytenis Lipkevičius (1/5 trit.)
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