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In this match, “Žalgiris” played without Edgar Ulanov, who feels pain in his heel, and Joffrey Lauvergne. The Frenchman missed the game for personal reasons.
At the start of the match, the hosts did not allow Žalgiris to take control of the match into his own hands. Only Tyler Cavanaugh’s precise 3-pointer in the middle of the quarter allowed the guests to separate with two precise pitches (13: 8).
After playing for about seven minutes, Marekas Blaževičius entered the field and immediately scored. The difference was further increased with Mantas Kalnietis (21:10). After the first ten minutes, “Žalgiris” led 26:17.
At the beginning of the second half, the defense of “Žalgiris” had a difficult time dealing with Joshua Newkirkas, who helped the Alytus team to get closer again (24:28). The successful stage was widened by Mindaugas Lukauskis, whose speed became a serious problem for Artūras Milaknis and Janius Strelnieks (28:28).
Midway through the quarter, Dylan Frye put the Dzuks ahead (31:30). M.Lukauskis scored a triple (37:34), but the hosts were not happy for a long time: the response was organized by M.Blaževičius and Lukas Lekavičius (38:37).
Žalgiris won the first half of the match 40:37.
Joshas Nebo started the second half of the match with a powerful setup, but Justas Furmanavičius did not allow Žalgiris to escape – 42:44. The difference between the teams increased only when Artūras Milaknis was shooting from a distance and when Paulius Jankūnas was added to the mid-range shot – 53:44. Martynas Pocevičius brought the Dzuks closer with free throws (51:53), and M. Kalnietis and Vaidas Čepukaitis took the fourth foul.
The last points of the half were scored by T. Cavanaugh – 57:51.
In the fourth quarter, Dzūkija did not allow the Žalgiris to separate, they were constantly alongside the rivals, and after two points out of three, Dzūkija led 70:65. Soon, the residents of Kaunas responded with some triples, but the hosts also responded with several effective attacks.
With more than 2 minutes to go, Dzūkija was leading 75:72. The tenacious fight lasted until the last seconds. With 19 seconds to go, the score of the match was 78:78 and the ball was on Alytus. Then J. Newkirk hit from afar (81:78).
But Artūras Milaknis also responded with three points (81:81). Alytus still had a chance to snatch the victory, but it was inaccurate and the teams played overtime.
At first, the two clubs exchanged long shots. The people of Kaunas tried to separate a bit, but the hosts would not allow it, and after the launch of J. Furmanavičius, the result was again 86:86.
J. Newkirkas fired again from distance, Mindaugas Lakauskis added two more penalties and the Dzūkas led 93:91 in the half minute.
The people of Alytus had good opportunities and fully consolidated the victory, but the people of Žalgiris did not allow it, and after E. Mudiay the colon was again 95:95.
The hosts again had a chance to celebrate the victory with the final pitch, but it flew over the country, causing the teams to play a second overtime.
As in the first extension, there was a point-to-point battle in the plaza. At first, the people of Žalgiris did not defend themselves very well, the Dzuks were not willing to allow their opponents to part ways. Only after N. Giffey’s colon finally Kaunas managed to break 99:98.
After receiving the fifth free kick, several of the main players of the hosts finally broke the course of the match and celebrated the victory 105: 100.
E.Mudiay was the one who stood out the most in the ranks of “Žalgiris”, who scored 32 points (10/19 doubles, 0/2 trit., 12/14 penalties) in 40 minutes, bounced 6 balls and scored the same number of hits. pass.
Justas Furmanavičius (26 points) and Joshua Newkirkas (25 points) were the most useful players in Alytus.
Dzūkija often relied on long shots and the accuracy was 42 percent. (15 of 35)
Žalgiris: Emmanuel Mudiay 32 (6th ed., 6th ed.), Joshas Nebo 16 (7th ed.), Lukas Lekavičius and Paulius Jankūnas (7th ed.) – 11 each, Marekas Blaževičius 9.
Dzūkija: Justas Furmanavičius 26 (43 min., 5th reps), Joshua Newkirkas 25 (4 reps, 5 reps), Dylanas Frye’us 16 (5 reps), Mindaugas Lukauskis 13.
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