Fourth quarter charge allows Zalgiris to down CSKA 30

A sensational final period allowed Zalgiris Kaunas to record a hugely impressive 85-73 victory over CSKA Moscow on a thrilling night at the Zalgirio Arena.

The home team led most of the way but was only up by two points early in the fourth quarter, when a spectacular 16-0 surge put the game out of reach and improved Zalgiris to 17-12 with one round remaining, while table-topping CSKA drops to 23-6.

Kevin Pangos led the offense with 15 points and 11 assists, including a perfect 3-of-3 from beyond the arc. The home team also had a trio of big performances inside, with Brandon Davies contributing 17 points and 5 rebounds, Antanas Kavaliauskas providing 11 points and 5 rebounds and veteran Paulius Jankunas adding 13 points.

Only two players scored in double figures for CSKA: Nando De Colo had 18 points, while Kyle Hines added 12. Zalgiris had 19 assists compared to just 11 for CSKA, and the visitors were restricted to just 5-of-21 (23.8%) three-point attempts by an outstanding Zalgiris defense.

Hines shone early with a pair of lay-ups, but Pangos struck from deep for Zalgiris and the home team moved ahead through a driving basket from Vasilije Micic. That was quickly answered by Andrey Vorontsevich but Pangos then hit another triple and Kavaliauskas made free throws for a 14-10 edge. Semen Antonov and Will Clyburn came off the bench to level, but Davies and Kavaliauskas scored from close range and before Beno Udrih hit a buzzer-beating triple to make it 23-18.

Othello Hunter and Davies scored from close range at the start of the second, before Sergio Rodriguez and Edgaras Ulanovas traded baskets as Zalgiris stayed ahead. Jankunas scored 7 points in a hurry, including a left-handed lay-up plus one, and another driving score from Micic made it 36-27 midway through the quarter. Mid-range jumpers from Leo Westermann and Hines reduced the deficit, and Victor Rudd finally scored CSKA’s first three-pointer with 17 minutes played. Then De Colo netted from long-range and the visitors were back within 3. Another three-point play from Jankunas steadied Zalgiris, and Pangos moved into double figures with a mid-range jumper before Ulanovas scored a transition lay-up and one to make it 48-39, but Westermann allowed his team to enter the locker rooms on a high with a half-court buzzer-beater.

Arturas Milaknis scored the first basket in a slow start to the second half, before Clyburn got CSKA moving with a baseline lay-up, Rudd hit a corner three and Cory Higgins made a steal and fastbreak slam to make it 51-49. Davies scored down low but Higgins and Clyburn drove to score again to make it a one-point game. De Colo netted a backdoor lay-up to give CSKA its first lead of the second half and complete a 3-11 run, but Micic immediately got Zalgiris back in front from the foul line. Udrih’s steal and fastbreak lay-up changed the momentum, and Udrih produced another driving score before De Colo hit a buzzer-beating three to make it 64-60 after three quarters.

De Colo netted again at the start of the fourth but then Zalgiris took off: Aaron White started the run with a put-back slam and a three-point play from Davies stretched the lead to 7. An unsportsmanlike foul on Clyburn allowed White to score from the foul line, and a deep three from Pangos gave Zalgiris its first double-digit lead at 74-62. Milaknis added another triple and a lay-up from Kavaliauskas completed a 16-0 run to break the game wide open. Hines stopped the rot with an alley-oop lay-up but Udrih netted a jumper to settle any nerves, and CSKA was never able to threaten a comeback in the final stages.

Comments

  1. kaunas

    siulau i ketvirtfinalio macus bilietus pardavineti nuo 100 euru reikia babkiu geru surint kitam sezonui

  2. Darius

    As siulau pakelti kaina iki 200. Tikri fanai pirks, o invalidus ileisti jei suplos 85 €

  3. dariui

    teisingai sakai matosi kad tikras fanas as dar siulau bet kokiu atveju kaip besibaigtu sezonas uz toki pasiekima ir tokia sudetim sarui prie arenos statyt paminkla

  4. My

    Bilietų kainos yra pasityčiojimas iš sirgalių

  5. zalgirio pasiekimas

    Sukurtas nuotaikingas himnas kauno zalgiriui ikasime europai dantukais

  6. bc zalgiris naujienos

    Axsel toupane praleis antras runktynes white zengs i aikste

  7. f

    lb gaila kad axelio vel nebus, truks jo energijos ir geros ginybos. tiesiog nera kam pakeist jo sitoj sudety

  8. Tomas

    Prie visos šitos rašliavos gal kas malonėtų pridurt esminį dalyką, – kas transliuos?

  9. fok serbian slave

    misic is hidden useless egoist looser .sell this idiot plz or u loose important games

  10. To Darius

    Su savo komentarais darai gėda ne tik Žalgirio fanams, bet ir bet kokiam padoriam žmogui…

  11. super

    nu ka saunuoliai, su tokia pergalia sveikinu visus

  12. Zaliais

    Vaziuojam i europa

  13. Darius

    Pati maloniausia sio sezono pergale. Aciu komandai uz nuostabu zaidima. O tiems, kurie nedaro gedos, metas uzpildyti musu vietas ketvirtfinalio rungtynese, taip jau susikloste, kad eile metu visi tie patys zmones perkame abonementus i tas pacias vietas, susidraugavome. Siandien pasikalbejome, kad nei 1 nenusipirko bilieto i ta busima ketvirtfinali. Ka darysi. Gal po siu rungtyniu bus bumas ir kiti nepagailes pidisoko.

  14. eurolyga

    Mace su cska naujas zalgirio lankomumo rekordas eurolygoje 15 tuks 525 sirgaliu

  15. saras pamalonintas

    Apie du zalgirio protus usikurusius sirgalius ir suzverejusia komanda

  16. ceponis

    Dabar jokie varzovai nebaisus kai nugali cska olympiakos pao fenerbache

  17. ceponis

    Reikes ir man ait prisigert zalgiris parode kietus kiausus velykoms

  18. Samb

    Milijonierius parklupdem visus su pergale jei bus tokia atmosfera kaip siandien toli eisim

  19. Fanas

    Šara bus musų!

  20. sabonis

    Zalgiriu kitame etape tikintis arvydas sabonis ten jau reikes visokiu velniu

  21. kaunas

    Svencia geros nuotaikos artejant velykoms fantastiska

  22. kaunas

    Buvo super arenoi ose zalgirio arena nuostabus palaikymas sirgaliu uzvedimas energyja

  23. Darius

    Emocijoms atslugus, manio nuomone ketvirtfinalyje CSKA mums butu vienas geresniu variantu, paaiskinsiu kodel. Nors maskolijos komanda pirma eurolygoje su 45 mln euru biudzetu, bet a.a. A.Gomelskis, suzinojes apie tokia komplektacija uz 45 mln, grabe apsiverstu. Kaip galima isleidus sitokia suma pinigu netureti nei 1 centro ? Mes jiems isspardeme subines be Toupano ir su viena koja zaidusiu White. Burliokai, rinke sita komanda, padare esmine klaida, jie neturi fiziskai stipraus auksto centro. Butu pasieme koki 2.15 ugio raumenu kalna, sakyciau ideali komanda, o dabar musu centrai vakar pries juos siautejo. Pvz is pirmu 30 Zalgirio tasku puse suverte Davies su Kavaliausku. Manau, kad centro trukumas neleis raudonajai armijai laimeti eurolygos. Taip, jie bando zaisti su dvimetriniais aikstelej, bet ju auksciausi megsta zaisti toli nuo krepsio. Jasikevicius nuostabiai kirto per maskoliu silpna vieta, patikekit, kirstu ir dar karta, jei reiktu.

  24. Darius

    Vakar buvau arenoje, o dabar per pakartojima ziuriu, komentatoriai ta pati pasake, kad cska manymu jiems centru nereikia. Bet del sito jiems teks verkti. Matyt prisiziurejo kaip nba kai kas bando be centru zaisti ir kopijuoja. Bet cia ne nba ir gynyba cia kitokia. Jasikevicius vakar su 2 centrais kaip Kijevo Stroitelis zu Tkacenka ir Belostenu 1982m zaide ir tai dave vaisiu. Dar syk su nuostabia pergale !

  25. ceponis

    Zalgiris gali nustebinti visa europa

  26. fantastiska

    As ir ziurejau kai taip lami tai nors ir trys penkis kartus ziureciau kartojimus

  27. zalgirio arena

    Net palaikyti atvykusiams klaipedieciais vilnieciaims paderem svente velyku proga sirgaliams su ekspres eutobusu salia stovejusieji skandavo zalgiris zalia balta kai musu miesto autobusas salia stovejo

  28. lrytas

    Cska krepsininkai pralaimejima zalgiriui palygino su elektros soku

  29. cska zaidejas

    Cory higginsas zalgiris parode kad pergale jiems buvo reikalingesne cska zaidejas higginsas mano kad zalgiris zaide su daug didesniu noru nugaleti negu cska

  30. elrytas

    Saruno jasikeviciaus stebuklai zalgiryje kaip jam tai pavyksta ?