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Photo: Imago Images – Scanpix
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Zenit St. Petersburg (5-2), which stopped Vaskonia Baskonia’s attacking machine (4-5), claimed their third victory in the last four Euroleague matches.
Man of the match
The club led by Xavi Pascualis won with Artūras Gudaitis at the helm in Spain 77:70 (10:13, 24:15, 22:23, 21:19).
Baskonia, represented by Rokas Giedraitis and Tadas Sedekerskis, took the lead at 17:10 at the start of the second half, but were already behind 25:34.
Returning after a long break, Giedraitis put together a solid eight-point stage, after which the three-point Basques briefly regained the lead (39:36).
After lengthy pitches from Billy Baron and Andrei Zubkov, the guests rebalanced the scales at their side and broke through by eight points: 59:41. Gudaitis’ two points from a foul allowed the Russians to firmly take the lead in their own hands – 62:51.
Baskonia scored just five points in the first four minutes of the fourth quarter and scored a total of 58. The average number of points scored by Duškas Ivanovičius’s students during the match prior to this match was 81 points.
Gudaitis, Zenit’s second most useful player, scored 13 points (4/6 doubles, 5/5 penalties) in 22 minutes, bounced 7 balls, provoked 5 fouls and posted a profit of 22 points.
Giedraitis, who became Baskonia’s most productive player, competed in the 31st minute, scored 15 points (2/2 doubles, 3/7 trit., 2/2 penalty), grabbed 4 balls and scored 16 utility points .
Sedekerskis had 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 utility points in 8 minutes.
Kevin Pangos, who successfully led the Zenit attack, was left with a double-double: he scored 9 points (1/4 double, 2/5 trit., 1/1 penalty), distributed 10 assists and committed 3 errors.
Another former Žalgiris player, KC Rivers, lost the only two points thrown in 21 minutes, made 1 of 3 3-pointers, fouled 3 times and finished the duel with -2 utility points.
This week, Zenit arrive in Lithuania, where they will duel Žalgiris in Kaunas.
Baskonia: Rokas Giedraitis 15 (3/7 trit.), Luca Vildoza 11 (6th ed.), Zoranas Dragičius 9.
Zenit: Matuešas Ponitka 18 (8th rec., Punishment of September 11), Alexas Poythressas 13, Artūras Gudaitis 13 (7th rec.).
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