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Midway through the second quarter, Kaunas, who led the first and a half, fell into the hole and lost the section until 2:16 and lost control of his hands – 32:43. Although Joffrey Lauvergne scored 18 points in the first half of the game, that was not enough: the Chimkis responded with a precise difficult shot: 39:48.
However, after the big jump, the image on the field changed dramatically: after playing the third quarter in the green-white (39:13), he not only eliminated the entire deficit, but also began to crush the opponents – 78:61.
The guests did not rise to the decisive storm: after the break of the triple by Marius Grigonis and Lukas Lekavičius, the difference jumped to 20 points – 85:65. The rest of the time, there were only procedures in the square.
If the representatives of Russia are going through a series of ten consecutive defeats, then the people of Žalgiris have not stumbled lately: Martin Schiller’s students have achieved the sixth consecutive victory since the beginning of December.
Kaunas, which is in full swing, is currently sixth in the tournament table.
In the first round, they outscored Khimki in guests – 84:70. It is true that then the rival team was weakened by an outbreak of coronavirus and injuries.
Injured Latvian Janis Timma and Swede Jonas Jerebko and veteran Sergejus Monia also spent the match in Kaunas.
Chimki tries to get out of the pit in a number of ways: there have been a number of changes to the coaches’ headquarters, the club’s management has spoken with the basketball players and they have said goodbye to midfielder Greg Monroe. Still, closing the eight-win deficit behind the TOP-8 teams in the second round will be incredibly difficult.
Euroleague Second Round: Žalgiris – Chimki
It was not the end, because the green-white did not relax – 90:67.
The Khimki team did not rise to the storm in the decisive half: after the break of the three points of M. Grigonis and Lukas Lekavičius, the difference jumped to 20 points – 85:65.
The demoralized guests dropped their hands prematurely and the Kaunas residents just enjoyed themselves: during the quarter, they had already scored 39 points – 78:61.
The Chimki basketball players, who lost the lead, fell, and the people of Žalgiris took advantage of it and kept running forward – 72:55.
Although S. Jovičius held back the host’s outburst a bit, Th. Walkup and N. Hayes not only dissolved the entire deficit with three points, but also rebalanced the result: 56:53.
Green-white came back from the dressing room as from another team: J. Lauvergne, Th. The attacks by Walkup and M. Grigonis forced R. Kurtinaitis to ask for a meeting – 46:48.
A similar difference persisted until the big jump: 39:48. https://twitter.com/EuroLeague/status/1347615503439851520
At the end of the attack time, S. Jovičius struck almost from the middle of the field – 32:43.
The hosts’ affairs did not improve even after J. Lauvergne returned to the square: after the successful section of D. Booker, already 32:40.
A. Švedas tied the score with another amazing pitch, and D. Booker weighed it again: 30:34.
After searching for the second triple, J. Mickey did not allow the residents of Kaunas to part: 26:24.
At the end of the quarter, A. Švedas hit a 3-pointer from Augustine Rubit’s foul, but the American from “Žalgiris”, just in front of the siren, pushed the ball hard from above and gave the lead back to the hosts 22:20. https://twitter.com/EuroLeague/status/1347611580335325185
At the same time, N. Hayes responded to Jordan Mickey’s precise long shot: 20:14.
The Frenchman continued to terrorize the rival defense: after his colon with a foul, the first minute break was announced – 15:11.
The match started stubbornly: although A. Švedas scored a difficult triple from the board, three sets by J. Lauvergne allowed Žalgiris to lead – 10: 7.
Five starts for Žalgiris: Thomas Walkup, Marius Grigonis, Artūras Milaknis, Nigel Hayes and Joffrey Lauvergne Chimki five starts: Stefan Jovičius, Aleksejus Švedas, Jevgenijus Voronov, Sergejus Karasiov and Devin Booker. https://twitter.com/bczalgiris/status/1347594395667886083/photo/1
Next week in the Euroleague is twofold: the people of Žalgiris will visit CSKA in Moscow on Wednesday 13 January and they will visit club Zenit in Saint Petersburg on Friday 15 January.
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