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Kaunas’ team “Žalgiris” (2-1) at the Euroleague youth team tournament in Istanbul failed, preventing them from advancing to the main tournament.
Kaunas Žalgiris-2 / Schedule
In the last game of the group, the students of Arvydas Gronskis 64:81 (17:21, 12:25, 18:23, 17:12) fell to Real Madrid (3-0).
The young Žalgiris took second place in the group and did not reach the final. Kaunas residents will play for third place with the Istanbul youth team “Anadolu Efes”.
Only the winners of the qualifying tournaments will participate in the main Euroleague youth tournament in Cologne.
In the final of the Real, there will be a cup with the Roman Stellazzurra, represented by Rokas Jocys. The 16-year-old defender averaged 2 points in three games and rebounded on 4.7 balls.
The Kaunas team led 17:16 in the duel with Real at the end of the first half, but then Real ran 15: 0 and gained a 14-point lead (31:17).
The people of Žalgiris quickly approached the difference of 7 points (26:33), but the Real, who finished the quarter 13: 3, broke the gap by 17 points (46:29).
At the end of the third period, the Real advantage reached the limit of 22 points (69:47) and the residents of Kaunas did not return to the game.
The best player of the Žalgiris team was Liutauras Lelevičius, who scored 20 points (5/7 doubles, 3/5 trit, 1/1 penalty) in 34 minutes, bounced 9 balls, made 3 assists, took 2 balls and scored 28 utility scores.
“Žalgiris”: Liutauras Lelevičius 20 (5/7 double, 3/5 trit., 9 rep. 8 (9 in ch.).
Real: Mateo Spagnolo 19 (6 ch., 7 res.), Eli Ndiaye 17 (9 ch.), Juan Nunez 16 (7 ch., 7 res.).
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