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Kaunas team “Žalgiris” (9/12) showed an impressive fight and even attacked three-point opponents were not broken. “Žalgiris” after Thomas Walkup’s last shot 81:79 (26:20, 19:24, 18:16, 18:19) broke the Piraeus Olympiacos club (11/10).
Kostas Sloukas scored the first points of the OLY, but Žalgiris quickly began to accumulate points without an answer and broke 10: 3. The Piraeus club continued to advance thanks to the long shots (12:13), but the tall people of “Žalgiris “He also made his contribution – 5:12 PM. Rokas Jokubaitis finished exactly two attacks in a row (24:17), although K.Sloukas stopped throwing three fines after Lukas Lekavičius’ foul: he threw them all, but Lukas redeemed his guilt by blowing the half siren: 26:20.
Žalgiris managed to regain the lead (33:25), although for a long time he lost his joy – shortly after thanks to Alexander Vezenkov and Liv Jean-Charles, OLY breathed on his back – 35:36. The latter soon led his team forward (38:36), beaten by the visiting team veterans, keeping the Piraeus representatives ahead. Finally, Artūras Milaknis compared the result to a three-point lead (43:43), beaten by Martin Geben, and after the second quarter managed to lead by at least 45:44.
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The third part was tense and each break was significant for Žalgiris (57:52), although K. Sloukas always asked to cancel it – 58:61. Georgios Pritezis also scored big points (60:63), ending the third most ineffective quarter to date.
For a time the result fluctuated around the equality threshold, but Marius Grigonis shot a triple, although a black section for Žalgiris soon followed: A. Vezenkovas, Vassilis Spanoulis and G.Printezis struck from afar, and V. Spanoulis soon allowed ONLY to lead another 7 points – 79:72. In this way, “Žalgiris” missed up to four invited triples in a short stage. Milaknis had a chance to attack – he didn’t use it, but J. Lauvergne was right, and after the break Milas hit exactly – 77:79. With 69 seconds to go, J. Lauvergne compared the result, while Thomas Walkup impressively took the ball from the opponents and hit it under the basket in less than a second, thus guaranteeing victory for “Žalgiris”.
Žalgiris: Joffrey Lauvergne 21 (9/12 double, seventh chamber, 27 nb), Artūras Milaknis 11, Augustine Rubitas 10, Rokas Jokubaitis 8, Nigel Hayes and Paulius Jankūnas – 7 each, Marius Grigonis 6 (2/8 trit., 7 res .).
“Olympiacos”: Kostas Sloukas (4/7 trit., 6 rez. Lost, 6 kld.) Go Georgios Printezis – po 16, Aleksandras Vezenkovas 11 (7 atk. Kam.), Vassilis Spanoulis 9, Aaronas Harrisonas 8.
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