Toupane leads Zalgiris to 15th win in the EuroLeague 34

Zalgiris Kaunas got closer to clinching a historic playoffs spot by downing FC Barcelona Lassa 90-74 at Zalgirio Arena on Thursday. Zalgiris improved to 15-9 in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season standings while Barcelona dropped to 7-17.

Axel Toupane led the winners with a career-high 21 points. Kevin Pangos added 18 while Aaron White had 11 for Zalgiris.

Pierre Oriola led Barcelona with 18 points. Ante Tomic added 11 while Petteri Koponen had 10 for the guests.

Pangos and Antanas Kavaliauskas sparked an early 8-0 run and a triple by Arturas Milaknis gave Zalgiris a 19-15 lead after 10 minutes. Pangos stayed on fire, getting help from Brandon Davies to make it a double-digit game, 44-34, at halftime. Zalgiris rolled after the break, as White and Milaknis fueled a 10-0 run that broke the game open, 63-44. Free throws by Pangos soon made it a 20-point game, 70-50, after 30 minutes. Nothing changed after that, as Zalgiris kept a safe margin all the way until the final buzzer.

Toupane got Zalgiris going with consecutive driving layups but off-balance shots by Adam Hanga and Adrien Moerman tied it at 4-4. Oriola made free throws that Pangos did one better with a triple for a 7-6 Zalgiris lead. Hanga buried a corner three-pointer but a floater by Pangos ignited an 8-0 blast in which Kavaliauskas followed a layup with a jumper for a 15-9 score. Koponen stepped up with a layup-plus-free throw and a triple for Barcelona, but Milaknis answered from downtown for a 19-15 Zalgiris lead after 10 minutes.

Victor Claver hit free throws and Tomic dunked, but a layup by Paulius Jankunas and three-pointers by Milaknis and Vasilije Micic boosted Zalgiris’s lead to 27-19. Thomas Heurtel and Juan Carlos Navarro tried to change things for the guests but a three-pointer by Pangos and a dunk in traffic in Davies kept Zalgiris fully in charge, 34-27. Pangos kept pacing Zalgiris and a layup by Davies made it a double-digit game, 40-29. Oriola and Pau Ribas brought Barcelona a bit closer, 44-34, at halftime.

Toupane took over with a three-pointer and a fastbreak layup for a 51-36 Zalgiris lead soon after the break. Tomic followed a dunk with a three-point play and Oriola added a corner triple to give Barcelona hope at 53-44. Milaknis answered with a three-point play of his own and White added a triple and a dunk that broke the game open, 61-44. Davis capped a 10-0 run with a dunk, White scored again and Edgaras Ulanovas added a jumper for a 67-48 score. Free throws by Ulanovas and Pangos gave Zalgiris a 20-point lead, 70-50, after 30 minutes.

Claver struck from beyond the arc early in the fourth quarter and Oriola added a couple of jumpers but Davies and Pangos kept Zalgiris fully in charge, 75-59. Toupane took over late in the game, allowing Zalgiris to cruise to a well-deserved home win.

Both teams return to EuroLeague action next Friday as Barcelona hosts Crvena Zvezda Belgrade and Zalgiris welcomes defending champion Fenerbahce Istanbul.

Comments

  1. kaunas

    ei zalieji perkam bilietus dar nepilnai ispirkta reikia palaikymo

  2. zalia balta

    manau iki 15 16 val ispirksim visus pirmyn zalgiris

  3. pesicius

    zaisime pries viena rimciausiu varzovu eurolygoje kuris po pergales pries efes yra labai geros formos igaves dar daugiau pasitikejimo savo jegomis

  4. zalgiris uz kova atsidavima

    kovo 1 reike pradet pergale kaip ir pasavasario diena zaliuoja viskas

  5. sarai sarai

    pergale butu puiki proga kaip artejanti dovana gimtadieni nors ir ta diena bus runktynes kovo 4

  6. zalgiris

    na spejant is sektoriu apziuros jau neperdaugiausia like bilietu o jau aina 14 val na dar iki 19.00 laiko like galbut ir liks dar vietu

  7. basketnews

    barcos sezona eurolygoje laidojantis koponenas apie nustebinusi zalgiri ir suomijos supertalenta

  8. kaunas

    victoras claveras pierre orriola adrienas moermanas ir kiti barcos zaidejai is autobuso kaune gerokai susiguze ir paniure kelione is svelnaus pavasario pietu ispanijoje i atsiauriaja ziema su – 14 temperatura jiems nekele didelio dziaugsmo

  9. bc zalgiris

    I sio vakaro runktynes beliko 500 bilietu ir bc zalgiris idejo nuotrauka kad reikia suskubti isigyt bilieta jis tikrai dabar galvoja apie kitas moterys reikia nusipirkti bilieta i zalgirio runktynes kol dar yra

  10. zalia balta

    isperkam visus bilietus padarom super atmosfera arenoje imam barselona ir svenciam pergale tai toks planelis siam vakarui

  11. zalgiris

    kazin ar pavyks visus ispirkt bet kad pilna arena bus tai tikrai atmosferos uzteks audringai palaikant

  12. zalgiris

    reikia isirasyt i nauja istorija ir pasimt taska 15 pergale kaip pavasario diena

  13. kaunas

    imsim penkiolikta pergale ir baigta mes jega

  14. Ro

    Didžiausios sekmės Žalgiriui , bei proto ir tylos Čeploniui.

  15. Almas

    Sėkmės Zalgiri

  16. Ro

    Duokit tam invalidui vaistų nuo tylos

  17. kaunas

    zali jega kaunas jega

  18. R

    Šaunuoliai vyrai, taip ir toliau

  19. ner

    As apakes as apkes kertam milijonerius. Su pergale

  20. Darius

    Itikinama pergale nepaisant to, kad buvo visiskai “isejes” Jankunas. Dabar astuntukas jau ranka pasiekiamas. Kas del siandien, atrode, kad zaidziame ne pries Barsa, o pries Lietkabeli. Gaila tik to, kad Sajus drebanciom kinkom prikroves is baimes i kelnes mete nesamone, o kamuoli reikejo laikyti iki galo ir butume laimeje maziausiai 19 tasku. Nezinau ka Sajus veikia Zalgiryje. As net nenoriu nieko apie ji rasyti. Nera nei 1 gero zodzio apie Saju. Jam sitas lygis per aukstas, tas pats, jei astuntokas patektu i aukstosios 4 kursa. Visiskai pasimetes.

  21. zalgiris fantastiskas

    P. jankunas pasveikino istorini pasiekima uzfiksavusi sara tai jo rekordas bet smagu visiems

  22. toupane

    geriausia sezono maca suzaides toupane as buvau labai pasilges namu runktyniu

  23. zalgirio arena

    fantastiska emocijos kaip palei sara geriausios sio sezono runktynes ir pirma karta uztikrintai laimeta

  24. zalgirio arena

    sezone nebuvom laimeje 15 18 tasku skirtumu kai budavom pabaigos dramatiskos su + 4 5 taskais

  25. zalgiris

    saras zalgiris parode galia puikiu komandiniu ispildymu

  26. zalgiris dariau

    pritarciau apie saju jau butu geriau masiulis nei sajus iseina sutrikes kaip pasimetes nereikejo to sajaus leist

  27. zalgiris pirmyn

    white brendon davies buvo fantastiniai skrydziai emociju pliupsnis

  28. basketnews

    rytis vysniauskas apie toupane vakara aukstaugiu darba ir zavinti white

  29. rytis

    zalgiris jau dabar pranoko praejusio sezono pasirodyma eurolygoje kuris takart buvo vertinamas kaip labai geras ka kaunieciai sugebejo pakeisti per vasara prideta atletiskumo kurio atnese toupane daviesas ir white,as beto kevinas pangosas runktyniauja luzio sezona atsiskleisdamas grazumu

  30. real

    real nutrauke kontrakta su maciuliu

  31. tritaskis

    zalgiris link issvajotojo top 8 tures pereiti kryziaus kelius

  32. f

    dar pernai vasara visi taip lauke maciulio, o dabar atseit nereikalingas. geriau dabar ateitu kol dar formoje yra, o ne 35-36m

  33. jo

    labai laimngas kad laimejom, bet del sajaus labai klydau pradzioj sezono, reikia ji skolint siauliams gal sireika ka nor s is jo isspaus.

  34. real

    Senai jau reikejo palikt madrida per ilgai usibuvo na pats laikas 33 metai zaist tevynei