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The Saint Petersburg Zenit team (16/13) represented by Artūras Gudaitis suffered a very disappointing defeat in the Euroleague and 75:79 (14:17, 31:15, 14:13, 16:34) gave way to the Vaskija Baskonia team (16/14), which has two Lithuanians in its ranks. The mutual advantage remained on the Russian side, as they won by 7 points in the first round.
In the first part, the guests were a bit separated (15: 8), but Zenit stabilized the situation and won the section 13: 2, which allowed them to take the initiative – 21:17. “Baskonia” responded with two points (19:21), but the Russian club ran 12: 1 and gained a solid lead – 33:20.
ℙ@Billy_Baron he’s lighting it up tonight doing 4/4 from behind the arch in the first half 🔥😤 pic.twitter.com/LPvEk3lXIQ
– Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) March 18, 2021
3 minutes after the big break, the Basques tried to get back into the fight (41:48), but again Zenit struck again, this time 11: 0 – 59:41. Even a large deficit did not spoil the army of Duškas Ivanovičius, who made an impressive comeback when he won 3.5 minutes. 14: 0 and tied the score with 63 seconds remaining in the game – 72:72.
Mateusz Ponitka missed another shot, and the visitors attack ended with Luca Vildoza’s three-point lead 24 seconds – 75:72. Another Zenit attack failed and Rokas Giedraitis, who was stopped for a foul, issued fines: 77:72. KCRivers broke the hosts’ silence with a triple (75:77), but the fines allowed Baskonia to retain the victory.
A.Gudaitis, who played 14 minutes, scored 4 points (2/3 colonies), caught 3 balls, blocked the opponent’s throw, caused a foul, made a mistake at the same time, got the block, committed 2 times and scored. 4 points of utility.
Tadas Sedekerskis played 13 minutes, during which he did not throw the ball into the basket, but instead caught the ball, made an effective pass, blocked the opponent’s shot, caused 2 fouls and scored 5 utility points.
R.Giedraitis scored 12 points in 22 minutes (2/5 of two points, 2/3 of three points, 2/2 free throws), grabbed 6, took 2 balls, made a successful pass, caused 3 fouls, made a commit he made a mistake, got a block and scored 18 utility points.
„Zenit“: Matthew Ponitka 15 (3/8 3s, 5 rebounds, 5 res.), KCRivers 14 (4/8 3s), Billy Baron 12 (4/4 3s), Will Thomas 9.
„Baskonia“: Alecas Petersas 17 (sixth chamber), Luca Vildoza 15 (3/5 triples), Rokas Giedraitis 12, Achille Polonara 9 (seventh section), Tonye Jekiri 8.
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