Jankunas, Lekavicius lead Zalgiris to Bamberg win 20

Zalgiris Kaunas boosted its playoff chances with a thrilling 91:86 road victory at Brose Bamberg in a game that saw both teams leave absolutely everything on the floor. The Lithuanian champs collected their fourth win in their last five games to improve to 10-13 and remain two wins out of the playoff zone. Bamberg dropped its six game of its last seven to fall to 8-15.

It was a tantalizingly close battle nearly all the way, with Bamberg battling back from an early deficit to briefly lead by 6 in the third quarter. But in the end a pair of spectacular personal performances – inside from Paulius Jankunas, outside from Lukas Lekavicius – were enough to see Zalgiris home. Jankunas combined 24 points and 6 rebounds, and Lekavicius came within one missed two-pointer of a perfect shooting night on his way to a career-high 29 points. Edgaras Ulanovas also delivered, netting 6 consecutive late free-throws in a total of 11 points.

The home team was paced by 17 points apiece from Nicolo Melli and Daniel Theis, while Darius Miller netted 15 and Leon Radosevic scored 10.

Jankunas was the game’s dominant early force, scoring 9 points in three minutes as his team raced into a 12:5 lead. Leo Westermann and Kevin Pangos sank triples to give Zalgiris a double-digit lead, but Theis came off the bench to score 9 first-quarter points as Bamberg came back with a 9:0 run. Lekavicius mirrored Theis’s impact by scoring 8 off the bench, including the first points of the second quarter to make it 30:22.

The next bench-booster was Alexej Nikolic with 5 quick points for Bamberg, but a huge slam from Augusto Lima helped protect Zalgiris’s lead, which was 49:45 at the interval thanks to Brock Motum’s buzzer-beating triple.

Jankunas started the second half with another pair of triples, but Bamberg kept fighting and Melli went coast-to-coast to make it a 1-point deficit. Zisis gave the hosts their first lead and Bamberg, with an 11:0 run, was threatening to grab a big lead until Lekavicius netted 10 points in three minutes to make it 68:67 at the end of the third.

A big slam from Antanas Kavaliauskas restored Zalgiris’s lead and the lead changed hands five times in four minutes as the drama continued. Zalgiris went on a 7:0 run to take control, and another strike from Lekavicius made it 83:77 with 1:19 to play. Triples from Miller and Melli kept the game alive, but Ulanovas held his nerve from the foul line and Zalgiris held on.

Comments

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  4. Lukas

    Zalgeris laimes

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  8. Seibuti lauk

    Su pergale visus krepsinio myletojus ! Tai ka, pergale ant savo peciu atnese Lukas su Jankunu, pelne liuto dali naudingumo balu ir tasku. Jasikevicius gali ruostis sekanciam musiui, pralaimeti negalime, jei norim papult i top 8. Siandien gi butu buve geriau,jei butu galejes zaisti musu medinukas Javtokas. Juokauju, aisku.

  9. Ro

    VISUS SU EMOCINGA PERGALE
    Lukas šaunuolis. Tobulėja ne dienom, o valandom. Jankūnas irgi maladiec, bet tai nestaigmena. O Lukas tai tikras vėjas. Bėga, lekia sustot negali. Ateity bus Šaras nr.2

  10. st

    Visus su pergale.
    Gaila, kad Jasikevičius netreniruos rinktinės. Abejoju, kad be Šaro kasnors sugebės taip gerai valdyti Luką.

  11. lukas

    Ant bangos jei jau krenta tai krenta lukas stebejosi prasta varzovu gynyba ticiojosi

  12. lukas

    Taip ir toliau isiai thomas antrastes skambejo luko karjeros runktynes gerai kad atsiranda kas patraukia sunkiais momentais

  13. pirmyn zali balti

    Sekantys fenerbache barjeras bus manau sunkoka po tokios pergales ir arena bus sausakimsa vel pajusim emociju banga dar savaites runktynes

  14. Su

    Pergalę visus fanus, Lukas buvo atomas, bet ir Paulius varė, nesvarbu kad milaknis prasčiau ar kiti, buvo kas žaidžia ir tempia, ir dar pastaba adminui jei trini to dobilo komentarus tai trink tik jo bet ne fanu

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    Dievas zalgirio facebook liaupsina luka ismaude vokiecius kaip vijurkas

  16. Seibuti lauk

    Kiek atsimenu, paskutini karta Zalgiris Eurolygoje turejo serija 4 pergales is 5 senokai, dar buratino laikais. Tada net ir po tokios serijos buratinas nueme Zalgirio treneri, Rakoviciu ar kazkaip panasiai, jau mirusi, deja, serba uz tai, kad lapelio neklause, savaip keitimus dare, girtuoklio De chuano Colinso i aikste nelabai leido. Po sito seke serija pagal lapeli 1 pergale ir 4 pralaimejimai. Paskui buvo stipri komanda prie Plazos ir viskas. Faktas, kad sita komanda pagal sudeti yra eiline ir mums visi ekspertai prognozavo 16 vieta. Taciau Sarunas Jasikevicius daro stebuklus !

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    Zalgirio lenktynes del vietos astuonete naujas varzovas ir lemiama galinti tapti atkarpa

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  19. tai saras ir daro stebuklus

    Jis tai pat zinojo is ziniasklaidos sezono prazioi kokia vieta prognozuoja zalgiriui o saras tai paneige visas speliones nepadarius gedos

  20. Tomas

    “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”