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Kaunas “Žalgiris” basketball players (11-9) finished the second week of the Euroleague in St. Petersburg with a second miss in 48 hours.
Man of the match
Martin Schiller’s students in a tough battle in front of 710 spectators 65:77 (14:17, 22:19, 13:20, 16:21) landed in front of the local Zenit (12-6) with Artūras Gudaitis.
In the fourth quarter, the persistent Žalgiris trailed Joffrey Lauvergne by six points after a successful attack – 56:62.
In the next attack, Rokas Jokubaitis lost from distance and was free, and Billy Baronas responded with a three-point lead: 65:56.
After a minute of rest, Marius Grigonis also vaguely shot from distance, Thomas Walkup took over the ball and made a mistake, Andrejus Zubkovas hit a triple and Zenit took control of the situation – 68:56.
When Nigel Hayes struck from a distance, the Žalgiris people still tried to hang – 61:68, but the Kaunas people were eventually taken out by former Žalgiris legionnaire Kevin Pangos. After losing all six triples, the Canadian made his seventh attempt.
Gudaitis added two exact penalties and Xavi Pascual’s pupils went ahead 73:61 before the start of the last minute.
Gudaitis, who recently played perfectly, scored 15 points in 27 minutes (3/4 double, 9/10 penalty), bounced 8 balls, blocked 1 pitch, caused 7 fouls and scored 28 utility points.
Zenit grabbed seven balls in the attack, five of which belonged to Gudaitis.
The statistics of the last three games of the 27-year-old Klaipėda reach 20.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 26.6 points.
“Zenit”: Artūras Gudaitis (8 rep.) And Mateušas Ponitka – 15 each, Billy Baronas 11 (3/5 trit.).
“Žalgiris”: Thomasas Walkupas 12 (4 per year), Lukas Lekavičius and Joffrey Lauvergne – 11 each, Marius Grigonis 10, Rokas Jokubaitis 8.
Schiller’s comment:
Comment from Jokubaitis:
Match summary:
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