Last EuroLeague home game attracts sold-out crowd 6

Zalgiris Kaunas collected a sold-out crowd on Friday, but the last EuroLeague home game was lost to EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, which edged the greens 84:88 to snap its seven-game losing run and end a streak of 13 consecutive road losses. Milan improved to 8-21, while Zalgiris dropped to 13-16 with one game to go in the regular season.

Zalgiris built an 11-point lead in the first quarter, but the visitors rallied in the second quarter. Neither team had an advantage bigger than 7 points the rest of the way, but Milan made plays – and enough free throws – down the stretch to get the victory.

Jamel McLean and Andrea Cinciarini scored 17 points apiece in victory. Ricky Hickman netted 16 on 4-of-5 three-point shooting and Awudu Abass had 13 points for Milan.

The hosts had five scorers in double-digits led by Kevin Pangos with 16. Lukas Lekavicius tallied 15 points and 7 assists, Paulius Jankunas collected 12 points and 8 rebounds, Brock Motum scored 11 and Arturas Milaknis 10 in defeat.

Zalgiris had a great start behind the guard duo of Pangos and Leo Westermann. Pangos scored 8 points, including two triples, and Westermann dished assists to Robertas Javtokas and Jankunas for easy buckets, as the hosts opened an 18:9 lead. A triple by Motum extended the margin to 24:13, but after Zalgiris led 27:18 after 10 minutes, three-pointers from Davide Pascolo and Abass, with the help of Cinciarini, who took the reigns of Milan’s offense, the visitors made a charge.

Miroslav Raduljica fought his way inside and Pascolo hit his second shot from downtown to give Milan its first lead, 34:35. Westermann and Lekavicius made sure Zalgiris went into halftime up 41:39, and after the break Jankunas, Javtokas, Pangos and Arturas Milaknis made it 50:43. But Hickman got hot, hitting a pair of three-pointers to help Milan regain the lead, 56:58. Hickman’s third triple at the end of the quarter tied it at 63:63, and his fourth early in the fourth gave the visitor a 65:68 lead.

The teams continued trading leads before Cinciarini hit a three-pointer with 55 seconds left to give Milan a 77:81 edge. The hosts repeatedly sent Milan to the free throw line in the remaining time, but Milan made enough foul shots to hold on to victory.

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  6. Seibuti lauk

    Blogiausia ne rungtyniu metu padarytas brokas, o tai kaip jie nusiteike isejo zaisti. Tiksliau isejo is anksto isirase sau pergale. Paziurekite kaip jie gynesi, baisu. Ir prisizaide. Italu komanda zaide sveciuose, bet is dusios, is sirdies, o musu…. budami balvonai sitaip gerai apie save galvoja. O Milanui is Zalgirio praverstu tik pora zaideju, kai mums vos ne kiekvienas is Milano paimtas butu lyderis. Kaip as noreciau Macvano su Raduljica vietoje moliu kavaliausko ir limos. Arba Hickmano vietoj Pangoso. Arba Pascolo vietoj seibucio. Sarasa galima butu testi. Dar faktas, Abass butent pries Zalgiri suzaide geriausias rungtynes Eurolygoje, o del ko ? Nes sudinai pries ji gynesi. Tik medinis Javtokas atstovejo pries Raduljica, o kiti ? Geda.