The jet “Žalgiris” broke records and swept Chimki during the quarter / News

After a long break, Kaunas “Žalgiris” (11-7), as if a phoenix had risen from the ashes, delighted fans with both team and personal basketball records tonight.

Martin Schiller’s students played the most productive game of the Euroleague season and at home 102: 75 (22:20, 17:28, 39:13, 24:14) defeated the Chimki team (2-16) from the Moscow area and achieved their sixth consecutive victory. For Rimas Kurtinaitis soldier, this was the tenth consecutive failure.

Joffrey Lauvergne’s best career game scored 29 points (13/14 dvit., 3/3 penalty) in 23 minutes, bounced 9 balls, made 2 assists, provoked 3 fouls, made a mistake and scored 38 utility points. .

The Frenchman improved three personal records: performance, two-point hit and collected utility scores.

After unsuccessfully completing the second quarter, Žalgiris’ team had a long break with a deficit of 9 points (39:48), but entered the third quarter with a bang.

Lauvergne charged from above, Thomas Walkup had two points, Marius Grigonis scored two points and after 1 min he played. 14 sec., The deficit of “Žalgiris” was reduced to 2 points – 46:48.

Žalgiris, who caught the wave, did not stop. Nigel Hayes noticed the penalties, Lauvergne scored points with a foul, Grigonis scored another long shot and Žalgiris ran 18: 0 and began to crush his opponents – 74:55.

Žalgiris won the third quarter 39:13 and set a record not only for the club, but also for the Euroleague in general. Žalgiris’ team scored the most points during the fourth of January 2009 in the duel with Nancy SLUC (41 points).

The all-time Euroleague record belongs to the Tel Aviv Maccabi team, who scored 43 points in the fourth.

After missing such a blow, Chimki was unable to return to the match. In the fourth quarter, Žalgiris, who continued to increase his lead, simultaneously led by 28 points (100: 72).

Grigonis, who made a significant contribution to the victory, improved his personal record for successful passes. In 27 minutes, the Žalgiris wizard scored 18 points (3/4 double, 4/5 trit.), 8 assists, 1 rebound and interception, 3 errors and 21 utility points.

“Žalgiris”: Joffrey Lauvergne 29 (13/14 double, 9 rebounds, 38 helpful votes), Marius Grigonis 18 (3/4 double, 4/5 trit., 8 res.), Nigel Hayes 14 (2/3 trit. ), Lukas Lekavičius 8, Thomas Walkup 7, Martin Geben and Augustine Rubitas 6 each, Artūras Milaknis, Paulius Jankūnas and Rokas Jokubaitis 4 each, Marekas Blaževičius 2.

Chimki: Alexei Swede 22 (1/5 double, 5/13 trit., 8 res.), Devin Booker 19 (8/13 double, 7th rep), Jordan Mickey 10.