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Kaunas “Žalgiris” (12/14) failed in the Euroleague, relegation to Real Madrid club (10/16) – 58:70 (13:21, 18:15, 11:15, 16:19).
For the first time this season, Rokas Jokubaitis and Augustine Rubitas appeared in Žalgiris’ starting five, alongside them: Marius Grigonis, Thomas Walkup and Nigel Hayes. A.Rubitas took the first throw-in of the match, R. Jokubaitis scored the first points by throwing Walter Tavares – 2: 0. It is true that later the attack on “Žalgiris” did not hold, and Nicolas Laprovittola and W. Tavares staged a 10: 0 (12: 6) streak. Paulius Jankūnas stopped the hunger for points from a medium distance, still throwing a three-point point in the closing seconds – 13:21.
“Žalgiris” started the second half in three “dry” minutes, and the image in the attack was enlivened by R. Jokubaitis, who assisted N. Hayes twice, who shot from afar, and Martin Geben added a launch – 23: 28. Th.Walkupas kept Žalgiris in the match with two colonies and free throws – 31:36.
.@ albertoabalde6 turns the corner and throws it down!# 7DAYSMagicMoment pic.twitter.com/TShtq0uLxx
– Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) February 25, 2021
After a long break, the teams traded errors for three minutes and the only accurate pitch was N. Laprovittola’s 3-pointer: 39:31. After N. Hayes’ long pitch, the gap was reduced to a minimum: 38:39. Long shots from Fabien Causeur and Gabriel Decko returned their lead to the hosts – 47:38. Carlos Alocen scored 51:42 at the end of time.
Trey Thompkins’ long shot gave Real a double-digit lead, which was increased by Jaycee Carroll – 59:46. The attack “Žalgiris” was again provoked only by the free throws of P. Jankūnas and an additional settler – 52:64. G.Deck’s fourth three-point score and Alberto Abalde’s first triple extinguished Žalgiris’ hopes – 70:54.
The Madrid team did not take a single free kick in the entire match and caused only 13 fouls by Žalgiris. At the same time, Real made a mistake 22 times, but outperformed Kaunas residents in terms of utility points 83:58.
P.Jankūnas achieved a double digit result for the first time this season: 23 minutes, 13 points (2/2 of two points, 1/2 of three points, 6/6 free throws), 7 rebounds, cash pass, 2 balls intercepted, 3 errors, 4 fouls, and 23 utility points.
Real played against Rudy Fernández, Jeffery Taylor and Sergio Llullo. “Žalgiris” performed in Madrid without Artūras Milaknis.
The Madrid team managed to take the victory to Kaunas at the beginning of the season (93:90), so they maintained their mutual advantage with this victory.
“True”: Gabriel Deck 14 (4/5 of three points, 6 points), Jaycee Carroll (2/7 of three points) and Trey Thompkins after 12, Nicolas Laprovittola 9 (5th ed.), Walter Tavares 6 (9th) cam. , 6 errors, 3 per cam).
Žalgiris: Paulius Jankūnas 13 (7th rep.), Nigel Hayes 11 (3/3 triples), Thomas Walkup and Lukas Lekavičius (4/9 doubles) 8 each, Marius Grigonis 6, Rokas Jokubaitis (4th trans., 3 errors)) and Augustine Rubit after 4.
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