Grigonis saved the incredibly fallen “Žalgiris” / News

Kaunas “Žalgiris” (13-9) squandered a double-digit lead tonight and appeared to have lost the win, but Marius Grigonis, once again the savior, kicked off the thirteenth Euroleague win from Kaunas.

Martin Schiller students on the move 79:78 (20:20, 27:18, 13:17, 19:23) broke the Valencia basketball players (11-11).

With this victory, Kaunas surpassed the Bayern Munich team (13-9) and surpassed the Germans in the standings, climbing to sixth place.

A minute later, Martin Hermannson scored two points with a foul (70:74), Thomas Walkupas and Klemenas Prepelitraded long shots and leftovers 30 secondsŽalgiris had a fragile advantage: 77:73.

Soon Lauvergne invented two shots from under the basket and the rest Nikola Kaliničius was stopped by a throw-in for 7 seconds.

The Serbian scored 2 penalties, Wedbut the hosts recovered the ball and 3 seconds later Sam Van Rossom stabbed a triple that led the Valencia forward (78:77).

Schiller entrusted the decisive attack to Grigonis, who deftly dodged the two defenders and hit two points with a siren, marking a dramatic victory for Kaunas (79:78).

Grigonis’ victorious launch:

Game hero Grigonis scored 12 points (2/5 doubles, 1/1 trit., 5/7 penalties) in 27 minutes, bounced 4 and lost 3 balls, caused 4 fouls and scored 10 utility points.

Augustine Rubitas played more useful in the ranks of “Žalgiris” tonight. The American scored 17 points (4/5 dvit., 3/4 trit.) In 25 minutes, he bounced 2 and took 1 ball, made 1 assists, made a mistake and scored 17 utility points.

Tonight, Rubit pulled out a weapon rarely seen this season: triples. The tall one hit 3 out of 4 long shots, although he had only scored a three-point mark once in the Euroleague.

Rokas Jokubaitis played a great game. The young Žalgiris player scored 10 points (5/5 doubles) in 13 minutes, bounced 3 balls, made 6 assists, committed 4 times and scored 16 utility points.

The 20-year-old repeated his personal record for successful transfers tonight: 6.

Valencia: Clement Prepelicius 18 (4/6 trit.), Louis Labeyrie 17 (2/8 trit., 5th rev.), Martin Hermannsson 13 (5/5 trit.), Sam Van Rossom 9.

“Žalgiris”: Augustine Rubitas 17 (3/4 trit.), Joffrey Lauvergne 13 (5/13 diat., 12 reb.), Marius Grigonis 12 (5/7 pun.), Rokas Jokubaitis 10 (6th ed.), Paulius Jankūnas and Thomasas Walkupas (5th ed.) After 8.