Phenomenal victory for Real against Žalgiris, without fines and without making mistakes 22 times / News

The Spanish barrier has not been crossed for the third time in a row. Kaunas “Žalgiris” (14-12) suffered a defeat in the Euroleague.

Martin Schiller students on the move 58:70 (13:21, 18:15, 11:15, 16:19) landed for Real Madrid basketball players (16-10).

The match was better started by the hosts, who gained a double-digit lead after Fabien Causeur’s three-point lead (18: 8). However, Kaunas managed to get back into the game, maintained a 15: 5 streak and after Martin Geben was placed in the second half, the difference was cut in half (18:23).

Real tried to escape, but led by Thomas Walkup, Žalgiris’ team resisted and before the long break, 36:31 burned in favor of the Spanish.

Žalgiris started the third quarter 7: 0 and after a long shot from Nigel Hayes breathed his opponents (37:38). Soon the hosts responded with a 9: 0 streak and after two 3-pointers by Gabriel Decko they walked away by 9 points (47:38).

The Madrid team settled things in the fourth quarter, when they filled Žalgiris with three points and had a 16-point lead within 2 minutes of Alberto Abalde’s long pitch (70:54).

Real’s phenomenal statistics stand out. Pablo Lasas’s pupils managed to win easily by making a mistake 22 times and not taking a single free kick.

The most useful player among the winners was Deckas, who scored 14 points (1/3 dvit., 4/5 trit.) In 29 minutes, he bounced 6 and caught 1 ball, made two errors and scored 19 utility points.

Three forwards scored three points, the best personal result of this season.

Of defeat “Žalgiris” was not saved by Paulius Jankūnas’ season match. The 36-year-old veteran scored 13 points (2/2 penalty, 1/2 trip, 6/6 penalty) in 23 minutes, bounced 7 and took 2 balls, made 1 assists, made 3 errors, caused 4 fouls and scored 23 utility points.

One of Kaunas’ leaders throughout the season Marius Grigonis scored 6 points (2/4 doubles, 0/1 trit., 2/2 penalties) in Real’s basket in 29 minutes, bounced 1 and took 2 balls, made 2 assists, once he made a mistake and scored 7 utility points.

After losing, the town of Žalgiris fell to tenth place in the standings, leaving Valencia, who crushed Zenit Saint Petersburg tonight (91:62).

Both Žalgiris and Valencia have the same win-loss ratio: 14-10, but the Spanish have the advantage of mutual points.

Real, who won at the time, beat Zenit (15-10), who lost tonight, and finished in fourth place.

“Royal”: Gabriel Deck 14 (4/5 innate, 6 Ath. Kam.), Jaycee Carroll (2/7 innate) N Trey Thompkinsas (2/4 innate) Po 12 Nicolas Laprovittola 9 (3/6 innate, 5 rez. But.).

“Žalgiris”: Paulius Jankūnas 13 (6/6 penalty, 7th rep.), Nigel Hayes 11 (3/3 trit., 3 pers.), Thomas Walkup and Lukas Lekavičius (4/9 of doubles) after 8 .