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In Kaunas, Kaunas Žalgiris (5-3), who seemed modest, suffered the biggest defeat of the season.
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Martin Schiller alumni in guests 57:85 (14:24, 9:29, 21:19, 13:13) did not oppose Tel Aviv basketball players Maccabi (3-5) and suffered a second consecutive defeat in the Euroleague.
The beginning of the match did not promise anything bad to the people of Žalgiris and after Lauvergne’s points, the Kaunas team took the lead 8: 2, but then “Maccabi” started.
Sandy Cohen hit a triple, Elijah Bryant made a successful foray to the basket, and Chris Jones and Dragan Bender added a long shot and Maccabi scored a 24:14 double digit lead in the first quarter with a 14: 4 lead.
Žalgiris’s nightmare also carried over to the second quarter. Bender scored 5 points in a row, Oz Blayzer scored three points, Dorsey only scored 7 points in a row and Žalgiris’ deficit reached 25 points – 16:41.
Including the end of the first part, “Žalgiris” lost the stage 6:31. Lukas Lekavičius scored the first points for Žalgiris in the second half, with 6 minutes remaining to play until the end of the quarter. 17 sec.
The hosts who did not go any further continued to take a long break with a 30-point lead (53:23).
Maccabi scored 9 of 11 (82%) in the first half, when Žalgiris missed all 7 long shots. In the first two quarters, Israeli basketball players scored 69 utility points, while the Kaunas team scored 9 points.
Points are earned this season
After a long break, Žalgiris was unable to reverse the situation. Maccabi, who had held a landslide lead until the end of the match, held the biggest lead in the third quarter at 65:31.
Lauvergne had the best performance in the match that ended tragically for Žalgiris, scoring 11 points (5/9 doubles, 1/4 penalty) in 21 minutes, bouncing 4 balls, making 3 assists, blocking the shot and scoring 14 utility points .
At that time, Dorsey stood out the most among the winners. The defender scored 16 points (4/5 doubles, 2/5 trit., 2/2 penalties) in 26 minutes, 4 caught balls, 4 assists, 4 provoked fouls and 21 utility points.
Marek Blaževičius’ debut in the Euroleague also took place in this match. 19-year-old forward in 1 min. and 49 sec. he scored 2 points (2/2 penalties), caused an opponent’s foul and finished the game with 3 utility points.
Maccabi: Tyler Dorsey 16 (4/5), Chris Jones 15 (6/8), Dragan Bender 11 (3/4), Elijah Bryant (5/8) and Scottie Wilbekin after 10.
“Žalgiris”: Thomas Walkup 12 (6/9 dvit.), Marius Grigonis (3/6 dvit.) And Joffrey Lauvergne (5/9 dvit.) After the 11.
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