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Kaunas basketball players “Žalgiris” (0-2) who are slipping at the start of the season still not open: Kaunas residents, who have absorbed strong momentum, have suffered their fourth failure in a consecutive friendly cycle. .
Martin Schiller students at the Gloria Cup in Turkey 57:71 (23:16, 16:14, 14:18, 4:23) landed on the basketball players of the Bursa Tofash (1-1).
Before that, the people of Žalgiris lost both matches in Kaunas: 80:82 against Panevėžys “Lietkabelis”, 87:88 against Krasnodar “Lokotoviv”, and at the beginning of the competition “Gloria Cup” they lost again to the students of Jevgenijus Pašutinas (69:76).
One minute before the end of the third quarter, Kaunas had a 9-point lead (53:44) and already seemed to break the match, but Bursa’s team took the lead – they maintained a powerful 12: 0 streak and after two three of Pako Cruz-lap point took the result (56:53).).
Soon, Tofaš added another 8 unanswered points and the Turkish stage increased to 20: 0 (64:53). The first points of the fourth quarter were scored at 3 minutes by Niels Giffey (55:54).
With 2 minutes to go, the Turks responded with another 5: 0 streak and after a long pitch from Kasey Sheperdo, the result was clear (69:55).
During the last quarter, the people of Žalgiris scored only 4 points.
In 28 minutes, Sheperd had 18 points (3/5 dvit., 4/8 trit.), 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 interceptions, 3 errors and 16 utility points.
Joffrey Lauvergne was the most useful player in Žalgiris, scoring 8 points, 11 rebounds and 16 utility points.
The most productive match was Lukas Lekavičius, who scored 10 points (3/7 dvit., 4/4 penalty) in 22 minutes, made 6 assists, made 2 errors and scored 11 utility points.
Emmanuel Mudiay scored 6 points in 20 minutes, bounced 5 balls, made 2 assists, made 6 errors and scored 2 utility points.
There was an unpleasant episode in the match: after just one minute on the pitch, Žalgiris defender Janis Strelnieks injured his leg and was forced to change. Later, the Latvian did not appear on the floor.
The match was better started by Kaunas, who gained a 4-point lead after 23 points in a row from Mudiay at the end of the first half (23:16).
In the second quarter, the Turks managed to close the gap to a pitch in the 28th minute with Elgin Cook and Muhsin Yasar (28:30), but soon Žyliris rookies Tyler Cavanaugh and Giffey fired, and Kaunas free throw 7-2 it closed. by Edgar Ulanov. The champions were ahead 49:40.
Mantas Kalnietis was unable to help “Žalgiris” in this match due to achilles tendon pain.
On Sunday, the people of Žalgiris will close the Glory Cup tournament with matches with the champions of the Euroleague, the basketball players “Anadolu Efes” from Istanbul.
“Žalgiris”: Lukas Lekavičius 10 (6th ed.), Edgaras Ulanovas 9 (1/3 double, 1/5 trit.), Joffrey Lauvergne (11th grade) and Niels Giffey (5th grade).) After 8, Emmanuel Mudiay (5th grade, 6th grade) and Artūras Milaknis (2/5 trit., 5th grade) after 6, Tyler Cavanaugh 5.
„Tofaš: Kasey Sheperdas 18 (4/8 trit.), Elginas Cookas 13 (10 atk. Kam., 4 rez. Lost), Berlas Ugurlu 10, Tomislavas Zubčičius 9 (1/7 trit.), Pako Cruzas 8 ( 2/7 trit.).
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