Echod decorated the tired 12th consecutive victory of the morning with an impressive flight / News

Vilnius Rytas (19-5), who responded with eight unanswered points at the key moment, extended the winning streak to twelve in a row.

The team led by Giedrius Žibėnas 80:74 (16:16, 16:24, 23: 7, 25:27) exhausted the victory against Alytus “Dzūkija” (7-15) and surpassed Kaunas “Žalgiris” (19-2) in the number of victories.

It is true that Kaunas has played three fewer games. “Žalgiris” and “Rytas” will meet for the third time this season next Sunday.

With four minutes left in the game, the Dzuks had closed in on a single pitch – 65:67, but then Dovis Bičkauskis scored six points in a row, jumping impressively Martynas Echodas caught the ball sent by Mindaugas Girdžiūnas, pushed it from above and “Rytas” walked away with a double digit pass. 67.

Girdžiūnas made mistakes, and when Andrew Goudelock was thrown from a distance, the guests staged a five-point section and still tried to hold on – 72:77.

However, in the next attack, Goudelock scored a triple and established the position of “Rytas” – 80:72.

Rytas, who stayed in the first half of the duel, scored 32 points, while the Jeep Arena was dominated by Dzūkis, who had an 11-point lead at the end of the second quarter (40:39).

However, after returning from a long break, Vilnius residents spent only 7 points on defense, threw 23 themselves, and got ahead of the rest of the match.

Kristjanas Kitsingas did not help Vilnius residents and Tadas Rinkūnas helped Dzūkis.

“Tomorrow”: Dovis Bičkauskis 17 (4/5 double, 2/3 trit., 3 per), Martynas Echodas 16 (7/10 double), Andrew Goudelockas 13 (3/6 trit.), Arnas Butkevičius 11 (4 / 6 diat., 6 aton.), Mindaugas Girdžiūnas 9 (2/5 trit., 4 dd.), Augustas Marčiulionis 8 (2/4 trit.).

“Dzūkija”: Giedrius Staniulis 14 (6/10 dichotomies, 13 rebels, 25 uses), Paolo Marinelli 13 (5/9 dwarfs, 4 res.), Martynas Zigmantavičius 12., 3 pm), Matas Jucikas 10 (5/9 dvit.), Kristupas Žemaitis 7 (2/5 trit., 6 res.).