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Kaunas Žalgiris (5/3), who landed in the Euroleague for the second time in a row, suffered the most painful defeat of this season.
Lithuanian champions in matchday eight 57:85 (14:24, 9:29, 21:19, 13:13) had to acknowledge the advantage of the Maccabi (3/5) basketball players from Tel Aviv.
He made his debut in the Euroleague in this match Marekas Blaževičiuswho managed to add 2 points in 2 minutes.
Meeting process:
Thomas Walkup and Joffrey Lauvergne started the game well – “Žalgiris” led 8: 2. Even so, the opponents responded with a successful stretch, hitting two 3-pointers. The people of Žalgiris continued in the defense of the pits, in turn, Chris Jones, who threw himself from the bench into the fight, played perfectly and accumulated points – 24:14.
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“Žalgiris” started the second half rudely, which was slightly clarified by Lukas Lekavičius, who hit the colon. True, the hosts added a few more points and even led 41:16. In the Kaunas team, four players scored points, of which Marius Grigonis scored only 2. The guests missed all long shots, and the Maccabi team attacked fantastically from a distance (9/11, 83 percent) – 53:23.
After a long break, Kaunas played more successfully in attack and in the middle of the third quarter M. Grigonis scored the first three points. In addition, the first two points were scored by Steve Vasturia and Augustine Rubit, Th.Walkup successfully completed the attack, bringing “Žalgiris” closer to 42:69. Guests were left behind before last quarter 44:72.
No miracle happened in the last 10 minutes: the Israeli club fired the leaders in the attack, but Žalgiris did not take much advantage of it. Scottie Wilbekin, who struck from distance in the middle of the half, regained the lead of 30 points – 79:49. “Žalgiris” suffered the third failure of this season in the Euroleague with an unexpectedly large result 57:85.
“Maccabi”: Tyler Dorsey 16, Chris Jones 15 (6/8 two points), Dragan Bender 11 (3/4 two points), Scottie Wilbekin and Elijah Bryant 10 each.
Žalgiris: Thomas Walkup 12 (6/9 colones, 6 rebounds), Marius Grigonis and Joffrey Lauvergne (5/9 colones) after 11, Lukas Lekavičius 9 (3/9 colones).
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