Zalgiris halts Panathinaikos streak at Zalgirio arena 39

Zalgiris Kaunas used a killer third quarter to deny visiting Panathinaikos Athens the biggest winning streak of the season with an 80-74 home victory on Thursday. Zalgiris raised its record to 6-5 to stop Panathinaikos at five victories in a row and drop the visitors to 7-4.

Panathinaikos led by 10-22 early in the second quarter, after which Zalgiris outscored the guests 54-25 until the third quarter ended 64-47. Nikos Pappas hit 4 threes in the fourth quarter to get Panathinaikos within 72-67, but Zalgiris was better at the foul line all night and sealed the win there.

Paulius Jankunas led the winners with 17 points while Aaron White had 9 of his 13 in a 33-14 third-quarter onslaught by Zalgiris. Kevin Pangos had a double-double with 12 points and a career-high 11 assists for Zalgiris, while Edgaras Ulanovas pulled 11 rebounds of his team’s 37-24 advantage over Panathinaikos.

Pappas had 16 points, Chris Singleton 15, K.C. Rivers 11 and Nick Calathes 10 for the visitors, whose 17 of 30 free throw shooting hurt throughout the game, especially as they missed 7 of 11 tries to start the second half.

James Gist, who made 2 steals and committed 2 fouls in the first 2 minutes, also hit a post-up bank shot to open the scoring. Matt Lojeski’s put-back gave Panathinaikos a 0-4 lead before Pangos fired in the game’s first triple. Singleton and White exchanged three-pointers next. Antanas Kavaliauskas tied on a layup and gave Zalgiris its first lead, 8-7, with a free throw. Panathinaikos responded with great D in a 0-10 run during which Calathes scored twice before Kenny Gabriel made a tip-in at 8-17. A five-minute Zalgiris scoring drought ended with an inside basket by Brandon Davies but Singleton beat the first-quarter buzzer with a smooth triple for a 10-20 Panathinaikos lead.

Lukas Lekavicius, in his first game against his old team, opened the second quarter with a jumper, but a second-chance triple by Arturas Milaknis got a rise out of the home crowd. Dee Bost’s free throws and a jumper by Jankunas got Zalgiris within 17-22. Scoring stalled for both teams until Rivers beat the shot clock with a triple and Ulanovas put back a missed free throw at 21-25. Calathes reappeared with a floater that Pangos answered from deep. Zach Auguste and Davies traded three-point plays before a tipped-in free throw by Ulanovas ended the first half with Zalgiris having closed within 31-33.

Zalgiris started the second half with a bang as Axel Toupane reversed a fastbreak layup and Pangos lobbed to White for a go-ahead alley-oop dunk at 35-33. Calathes and Kavaliauskas traded baskets before Lojeski’s transition triple put Panathinaikos back in front, 37-39. White blasted another dunk, tipped in his own miss and then stepped out for a triple to make it 44-40 for Zalgiris. Jankunas added 4 free throws and Pangos a layup to extend the Zalgiris run to 10-0 and the lead to 50-40. Singleton got 2 free throws for Panathinaikos that Ulanovas answered with another tip-in. When Jankunas and Ulanovas scored inside, it was a 15-point difference, 57-42. Rivers revived Panathinaikos from the arc at 59-47. Pangos exited a timeout with a three-pointer and Kavaliauskas put back his miss as the Zalgirio Arena reveled in a 64-47 lead after 30 minutes.

Pappas hit an open three and a closely guarded one to suddenly lower the difference to 11 as the fourth quarter started. Jankunas responded with a jumper, but Pappas was not to be denied, and his next shot from downtown made it 66-56. Jankunas against steadied the hosts with a jumper and steal for a layup at 70-56. But Pappas measured off his fourth triple, then Rivers banked in a jumper and drilled from deep to suddenly make it 70-64. Vasilije Micic settled the home team’s nerves from the lane, but Singleton rattled in another triple for a five-point difference, 72-67, with 4 minutes left. Jankunas again hit a jumper and White downed free throws, Gist finally scored inside at 76-70, but missed his team’s 10th free throw of the game. Singleton made 3 of his next 4, between which Pangos fed Davies for a layup, leaving a 78-72 score with 1:44 to play. Free throws remained a theme as Micic made his with 36 seconds left and Gist missed 2, which sealed the win for Zalgiris.

Comments

  1. kaunas

    visi i arena siandien

  2. zalgiris irmyn

    pries zagirio akistata su panathinaikos didelis sirgaliu susidomejimas

  3. zalgiris irmyn

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  4. zalgiris

    perkam sparciau bilietus dar yra siek tiek vietu

  5. Darius

    Ne trecias naudingiausias krepsininkas, o trecias pagal naudinguma. Kada as nors 1 straipsni cia perskaitysiu parasyta be durnu klaidu ?

  6. zzzz

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  7. Krapikas kurtinaičio buves sugerovas

    tikiuosi sraigė Ulanovas nebus startiniam nes atiduos tempa su klaidom turbūt ūlė vėl savo firminį sustojusį laike sraigės greičio prasiveržimą darys kai visi supras kad kamuolys prarastas ir laukia bent 2 žmonės kuriem galima atmest kamuoly bet keliautojas laiku bandys pereiti 3 žaidėjus kurie uždarė jį į dėžutę bet keliautojas laiku nepastebės nes pas jį laiko juosta 3 kart atsilieka

  8. a

    lavoniskas puolimas, aisku ir pao stebuklu nerodo. saras daug rotuoja zaidejus,bet tas nelabai ka duoda

  9. ponas barzda milaknis 1 iš 4 snaiperis

    Smirdabarzdis tik deguonį be reikalo eikvoja nu kam toks medis reikalingas net Neptūnas jį na pasiųstų klausimas kyla kaip toks grybas kuri neturi greičio fizinių duomenų charakterio prisimazino ,manau Zalgiriui reikia keisti darbuotojus kurie atrenka žaidėjus

  10. zalias

    manau galima jau sampana saut

  11. kkk

    grazu ziuret kaip grajus eina jaska dave biski disciplinos

  12. ....

    Tą Mičičių užrakinti rūbinėj ir žmonėm daugiau nerodyt. Kiti stengiasi, o šitas griauna viską.

  13. a

    sitaip tritaskius prasileidinet…o tiem kaip tycia krenta..

  14. a

    micicius kelmas yra. is 11 rungtyniu 2 geras turejo ,pries cska ir barcelona. kitose minusinis

  15. samb

    Saunuoliai Zalgirieciai visus su pergale

  16. F

    Sakykit ką norit, bet žalgiris niekaip negali panaikinti savo ilgametės ydos. Niekada negali sužaisti paskutinių vienos ar dviejų min. kuomet pirmauja. Eilinis kartas pirmauja +10 lieka 1 min ir viskas. Nustoja žaisti, mėto belekur, pasuojasi belekaip ir t.t.

  17. Darius

    Nesuprantu del nepatenkintu zmoniu, juk laimejom pries Panatinaicos, o ne pries Pasvali. Pavyko perlauzti rungtynes po baisaus 1 kelinio. Gavom paskutini, bet taip ir turejo buti, kai jiems sukrito tritaskiai. Manau, pergale svarbiausia. Pasidziaukim !

  18. kaunas

    Zalia balta super pergale atmosfera superine

  19. Aišku

    Džiaugiamės ir nekreipiam dėmesio į kažkokius dlbjobus, neverta

  20. aron white

    Super uzvede sirgalius patrauke 3 kelini ikaitino zalgiririo arena

  21. micicius kaip galva pametes

    Kam ta miciciu laike beveik visa kelini 4 gadino zaidima

  22. zalgiris

    Gerai kad turejom + 17 kai kai pao gresmingai priartejo su papo tritaskiais

  23. zalgiris

    Galim didziuotis paulium jankunu patrauke firminiais savo metimais is kampu kaip ir su turkais taip ir su pao 17 tasku

  24. saras geriausias

    Per didziaja pertrauka pakeite zaidejus kietu zaidimu agresiviu dviem geriausiems keliniams

  25. zalgiris geriausias

    Pristabdem calathesa daug problemu nepridare tik papas bande tritaskiais gelbet

  26. zalgiris

    Bent kolkas 7 kol real nesuzaide na jei ir toliau taip zaisim tikrai visos viltys i akrintamasias patekt zaliai balti

  27. zalgirio jega

    saras geriausias po pertraukos suzaidem fantastiskai kai 1 kelinis taip zaidziant gali pralost be kiausu

  28. krepsinis.net

    zalgiris panathinaikos pribloskes x. Pascualio ejimas laiminga korta ir zmogus kurio deka zalgiris pretenduoja i ketvirtfinali

  29. uz zalgiri

    saras sukure kovotoju komanda ja didziuojuosi kaip ir visas kaunas

  30. kaunas

    sarui reikia statyt paminkla prie zalgirio arenos manau daug kas tam pritartu

  31. kaunas zaliai balti

    na tiesiog zalgirio pradzia ideali fantastiska kad ir su suklupimais pavieniais bet reikiamu momentu parodom harakteri kovotoju dziugu kad pergales svarbias imam skaityk visa lapkriti islikom tarp 8 stipriausiu kaip ir dabar liekam tuom galim pasidziaugt

  32. Darius - pasikartosiu- Zalgirio vadams

    primygtinai rekomenduoju surengti zaliuju dudeliu akcija prie iejimo, kad musu neperrektu 500 rytfaniu. galime pirma karta klubo istorijoje papult i gedinga situacija

  33. galim

    ir tas dudeles nusipirkti arenoje viduje jas parduoda , tikrai nenuskursim nei vienas

  34. nepergyvenk nepereks

    musu svarbu zaliai balti sirgaliai bus pasiruose dar garsiau palaikyt ir svest pergale

  35. zzz

    jei taip losim kaip su pao gaidunams ikresim ant kokiu 30 maziausia

  36. Denas

    oi sarikas jusu koks piikciuirna matosi zalios kurvos treneris

  37. Denas

    Zalia balta zalia kurva hei hei hei aprieks ryto fanai stiprau o jus zalioskurvos fanai panpiersiu paruoskit

  38. Denas

    zalia kurva zalia kurva zalia kurva heiheiheiheihei kavalauskuji galva nuskuto saras

  39. alfa

    zalgirio generolas tempiantis komanda ketvirfinalio lenktynese