Žalgiris, who won the second half by 35 points, crushed Šiauliai

“Žalgiris” played this match without leading midfielder Joffrey Lauvergne, who suffered a back injury in the Euroleague game in Istanbul.

Admittedly, it appears that the French trauma is not serious – Kaunas residents made that decision only as a precaution.

In the first part of the meeting, the militant representatives of the city of Saulės not only constantly breathed the back on the back, but also created a minimal advantage, and after two halves “Žalgiris” led by a single point ( 37:36).

Unsurprisingly, after the break, Martin Schiller’s students came out in a different frame of mind. Šiauliai lost in the defensive clutches of the hosts and scored just 14 points in the third quarter, and even 31 in his basket.

After three quarters, the LKL champions took the lead 68:50, but did not fire the reins in the fourth quarter, achieving one of the biggest victories of the season on the home front.

Schiller boldly rotated players again in this game, and 11 basketball players who appeared on the field played for 13 to 23 minutes.

Marius Grigonis put on a productive performance among the winners. The defender scored 17 points (4/5 doubles, 1/1 trip, 6/6 penalties) in 20 minutes, bounced 6 balls, made 3 assists and scored 28 utility points.

M. Grigonis played more useful in this LKL season only when he racked up as many as 36 utility points in the match against Pasvalys’s “Milk Stars” in early February.

Elvaras Fridriksson was Šiauliai’s most productive team with 15 points.

Last Tuesday, when the teams met in Šiauliai, Žalgiris won 88:74.

Kaunas “Žalgiris”: Marius Grigonis 17 (28 points), Martinas Gebenas 15 (26 points), Marekas Blaževičius 13 (9 points), Karolis Lukošiūnas and Augustine Rubitas 8 each.

Šiauliai: Elvaras Fridriksson 15 (ed. 5), Kaspars Berzins and Eimantas Stankevičius after 11.