Bleeding Rytas suffered the biggest failure in their history against Žalgiris / News

Vilnius Rytas (7-4), who were left without five basketball players, did not face Kaunas “Žalgiris” (9-1), who are defending the title of champion of the country, in the round of 16 match of the Basketball League of Lithuania (Betsafe-LKL).

Martin Schiller’s students at home 92:45 (23:11, 22:11, 27:11, 20:12) crushed the capital team and thus recorded the biggest difference between these teams.

The previous record in the match was set in 2009in the final of the LKL, when Vilnius defeated the basketball players of the temporary capital by 42 points.

Žalgiris’ biggest win against Rytas so far was the 38-point lead won in the 2019 match. LKL final.

Andrew Goudelock, Maurice Ndour, Arnas Butkevičius, Roks Gustys and Ryan Boatright were unable to help the capital’s team in this match due to injuries and the consequences of the COVID-19 virus.

In the second half, Žalgiris legionnaire Steve Vasturia suffered a knee injury and did not appear in the warm-up after a long break.

The match started better with Žalgiris, who gained a 12-point lead after Paulius Jankūnas’ two-point lead (20: 8). Soon Uleckas scored a triple (20:11), but in the last seconds of the first half, Lukas Lekavičius answered at the same time and “Žalgiris” was brought forward to 10 minutes at 23:11.

Schiller’s students started the second half with a 9: 1 squirt, punished the bleeding “Morning” under the basket and became overwhelming after the Martin Geben set (32:12).

The capital’s basketball players tried to pass the time and came closer to 16 points after the colon of Augustas Marčiulionis (32:16) But the Kaunas team had a 23-point lead (45:22) before the long break after Thomas Walkup’s 3-pointer.

After a long break, the view of the site did not change. At the beginning of the third quarter, “Žalgiris” organized a section 20: 2 and after Lekavičius the colon difference reached 41 point (65:24). The fourth room became a formality. The people of Žalgiris kept their lead and celebrated the victory.

Lekavičius was the most useful player in Žalgiris. The defender scored 17 points (7/7 dvit., 1/1 penalty) in 18 minutes, bounced and took 1 ball, made 4 assists and scored 20 utility points.

Martynas Echodas was the top scorer on Team Ryto, who scored 10 points (3/11 dvit., 4/8 penalty) in 25 minutes, bounced 8 and took 1 ball, blocked 3 shots and scored 15 utility points.

“Žalgiris”: Lukas Lekavičius 17 (7/7 dvit.), Marius Grigonis 14, Rokas Jokubaitis 11 (6th ed.), Marekas Blaževičius 10, Artūras Milaknis 9 (3/6 trit.), Nigel Hayes and Martin Geben (7 pm) after 8, Paulius Jankūnas and Thomas Walkup after 6.

“Tomorrow”: Martynas Echodas 10 (3/11 AD, 8th rec.), Dovis Bičkauskis 9, Gytis Radzevičius and Mindaugas Girdžiūnas after 6, Augustas Marčiulionis and Kristjanas Kitsingas (1/8 trit.) After 5, Lukas Uleckas 3.

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