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On Saturday the four-team Euroleague tournament started in Kaunas, in which the significantly renewed Kaunas Žalgiris team competed with the Athens Panathinaikos team in the semi-finals.
All matches were led by Žalgiris 81:74 (23:17, 20:21, 16:16, 22:20) defeated Panathinaikos and on Sunday in the final of the tournament from 7:00 p.m. will meet with the Milan AX Armani team.
The match was started most successfully by Žalgiris, who led 8: 2 after accurate free throws by Marius Grigonis, both by Thomas Walkup and two points by Nigel Hayes. Žalgiris had a similar, and sometimes bigger, lead throughout the first half, and 2 minutes from the end he reached 9 points – 19:10.
In the first quarter, “Gralgonis” was directed by M. Grigonis, who scored 7 points, 6 was added by L. Lekavičius, and 4 – by T. Walkupas.
At the beginning of the second half, Panathinaikos managed to get close to 1 point (24:25), but then Rokas Jokubaitis scored two colonies and added a free kick, Steve Vasturia also scored two points and Žalgiris broke to 32:24. Žalgiris maintained a similar difference until the end of the half (43:38).
After two quarters in “Žalgiris”, R. Jokuibaitis was the most productive, scoring 10 points in almost 8 minutes. Grigonis, who played 14 minutes, scored 9 points and Jouffrey Lauvergne scored 8 points in 10 minutes.
After a long break, the match stabilized and “Žalgiris” consistently held a solid lead.
Former Žalgiris Aaron White scored 3 points in 25 minutes (0/1 double, 0/3 trit., 3/4 penalty).
Žalgiris: Rokas Jokubaitis 16 (6/8 dit., 0/2 trit.), Joffrey Lauvergne 15 (7/10 dit.), Marius Grigonis 14 (2/6 trit.), Thomas Walkupas 13 (4/8 dvit.)) , Artūras Milaknis 9.
Panathinaikos: Nemanja Nedovičius 22, Pierre Jackson 18, Georgios Papagiannis 8.
This was the first time that viewers could see the new season “Žalgiris”. Until now, the friendly match of “Žalgiris” was held behind closed doors.
Before, the people of Žalgiris beat Riga VEF 92:59, then they defeated Juventus of Utena 102: 71, and in Palanga 102: 78 they did not spare Panevėžys Lietkabelis.
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