Žalgiris’ easy win at Pasvalys cleared up the first pair of LKL quarterfinals



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After this win for the champions at Pasvalys, the first pair of the LKL quarterfinals became clear.

In it, the clubs of Žalgiris and Pieno Žvaigždės will face each other.

The people of Kaunas had already secured the name of the regular season winners, and following the loss to Žalgiris, the people of Pasvalys ended their regular season performance and can no longer move up or down from eighth place.

Before the playoffs, Žalgiris will play one more match (on Monday against Prienai CBet), and the quarter-final series against Pasvalys will begin on May 12 in Kaunas. The second game will be played on May 15 in Pasvalys, and if a third game is needed, it will be played again on May 17 in Kaunas.

Žalgiris, who defeated the Milk Stars for the fourth time this season, dominated Pasvalys Arena from the first to the last minute.

The Gediminas Petrauskas students never won in this match, and already at the beginning of the second quarter the difference between the teams was 17 points – 32:15.

Playing impressively, “Žalgiris” started the third quarter especially impressively, winning the section 15: 0 and scoring 30 points in the middle of the quarter – 62:32.

The biggest advantage of “Žalgiris” in this match was 33 points.

Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / Rokas Jokubaitis

Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / Rokas Jokubaitis

Kaunas was led by Marius Grigonis, who played effectively. He scored 20 points (3/6 doubles, 4/8 trit., 2/2 penalties) in less than 21 minutes and had 3 assists.

After a long hiatus, Patricio Garino also joined the ranks of “Žalgiris”. The Argentine has not played since April 11, when he fell ill with COVID-19 and missed up to 10 games.

Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / Patricio Garino

Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / Patricio Garino

The forward entered the field in the second half of the game and in 12 minutes he scored 3 points (0/1 double, 1/3 trit.) And bounced 4 balls.

“Milk stars”: Edgaras Želionis 15, Paulius Petrilevičius 13, Yannickas Franke 10 (seventh rep.).

Žalgiris: Marius Grigonis 20 (4/8 trit.), Lukas Lekavičius 14, Thomasas Walkupas 10, Nigelas Hayesas 9.



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