Zalgiris loses to Valencia, out of quarterfinal contention 0

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Zalgiris lost their last hopes of reaching Euroleague quarterfinals after slipping up against Power Electronics Valencia. The Kaunas club ended up losing 74-80 (17-18, 20-17, 17-23, 20-22) to the Spanish visitors, who improved to a 2-3 record, while Zalgiris remains with a single victory before the last Top 16 game.

You can check out the moments from the game in our photo gallery. DeJuan Collins had a team-high 15 points for the Greens while Paulius Jankunas scored 13. Mantas Kalnietis made 3-of-5 three-pointers and collected 11 points, Tomas Delininkaitis had 9 points and 5 assists while Martynas Pocius finished the game with 8 points.

The Lithuanian big man Robertas Javtokas had a flurry of dunks for Valencia after pick and roll situations good enough for 13 points as well as adding 6 rebounds to collect a total ranking of 19.

Jeremy Richardson and Nando De Colo both scored 17 points for the Spanish side, Rafa Martinez had 14 while Omar Cook amassed 12 assists to go along 7 points that he collected.

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