Zalgiris holds off Fenerbahce to tie the series 40

Zalgiris Kaunas bounced back in the best way possible, pulling out a thrilling 80-82 road win over Fenerbahce Istanbul in Game 2 of their best-of-five playoff series. Zalgiris ended Fenerbahce’s perfect home record this season and an 18-game home-court winning streak, but more importantly, tied the score at 1-1 in the series that now moves for Games 3 and 4 to Kaunas.

Zalgiris led for the majority of the night and had a 17-point margin on four occasions late in the third quarter before Fenerbahce rallied and tied it at 80-80 in the final minute. But Edgaras Ulanovas scored what turned out to be a game-winning basket, fittingly, as he finished with a game-high 20 points and pulled down 7 rebounds. Nate Wolters had 12 of his 14 points in the first half and Brandon Davies scored 13 points in the victory.

Luigi Datome paced the hosts with 17 points and 9 rebounds, Kostas Sloukas had 15 points and 6 assists, Jan Vesely scored 12 and Marko Guduric 11 in defeat.

Fenerbahce started hot, with Guduric connecting twice from downtown Nicolo and Melli also hitting a three-pointer to open a 13-6 lead. Fenerbahce scored on five of its first six possessions, but the visitors got it going themselves. Deon Thompson had a dunk and a jumper and Leo Westermann and Wolters hit from downtown in between to make it 15-18. Fenerbahce took a 21-20 lead into the second quarter after a three from Erick Green.

Luigi Datome added one from long distance early in the second. But Ulanovas was active on the offensive glass and scored 6 points to make it 26-30 before a triple apiece from Arturas Milaknis and Wolters helped create a 30-40 margin. Zalgiris hit more triples through Westermann and Aaron White, but Vesely scored twice inside and Sloukas hit from the outside to make it 39-46 at halftime.

Marius Grigonis scored 7 points in the opening 3 minutes of the second half to establish a 42-55 margin before Walkup had a jumper and a coast-to-coast layup for a 46-63 lead with 4:30 left in the third. Datome gave Fenerbahce a spark, but Zalgiris was perfect converting from close range, with Davies scoring twice to keep the margin at 17 points. The visitors took a 58-73 cushion into the final quarter, but did not score a single point for almost 3 minutes, while Sloukas went coast-to-coast to cut it to 62-73.

Fenerbahce kept its level of defense, not allowing any field goals, all while Datome hit a baseline jumper and Guduric added a corner triple to cut within 71-77. Ulanovas had a steal and a dunk to score first Zalgiris’s field goal of the quarter with 3:18 left, but the hosts continued their charge and a tough layup by Vesely got Fenerbahce to 75-79 with 2:10 left. Sloukas and Vesely connected on an alley-oop dunk, and Datome nailed a jumper with 38.9 seconds to tie it at 80-80. After a timeout, however, Ulanovas beat the shot clock with a layup in traffic, before Guduric stepped out of bounds while trying to create a shot with 4.3 seconds to go. Datome had one last chance to win it for Fenerbahce, but his long off-balanced three only hit the front rim as Zalgiris celebrated a big upset.

Comments

  1. Zalias

    Sekmes zalgiri : )

  2. taigi

    Fane, nebuk gyvulys, kuris su komanda tik tada, kai ji laimi, ir ižeidineja, nuo jos nusisuka – kai ji pralaimi. Visiems geru rungtyniu. Už žaliai baltus.

  3. Zalgiris

    Na manau tikrai bus daug geriau nebus itampos nes obradovicius tikrai tikisI kad bus supike uzgautos ambicijos ir parodytas kitas veidas

  4. 709

    Bet koks rezultatas yra rezultatas ir toki reik priimt. Sekmes komandai o fanams geru emociju!!!

  5. vaidas

    sekmes zalgiri

  6. 15min

    Grigas apie zalgirio zaidima galbut reiketu daugiau laisves

  7. Lazybininkai

    Ir vel prognozuoja triuskinama zalgirio pralaimejima

  8. Lukas

    TRANSLIACIJA INTERNETU – http://tiny.cc/8r5d5y

  9. TVBOX

    Zalgiris laimes sunesios kaip s….

  10. TV4ALL
  11. Fenercbache

    Sunki pradzia ant gynybos ziuresim kiek laikysis zalgiris manau paaiskes 3 kelini ar dar busim arti

  12. Fenercbache

    Kolkas 1 kelinis buvo solid us woltersas thompsonas buvo isijunge ziuresim kaip toliau bus po antro ar nesiugriusim

  13. Fantastika

    Zalgirio gynyba woltersas 12 tasku visai kitoks veidas

  14. Fantastika

    Zalgirio ginklas tritaskiai uz meta zalgirio veidas

  15. Opa

    Zalgiris i ilgaja nesasi 7 tasku persvara

  16. opa

    lauksim kad toliau kovotu ir truputi sekmes dar reik palinket

  17. Fantastika

    27-19 3 kelinis puikI zalgirio agresija

  18. MVP

    Ulanovas geriausios runktynes kitas zalgirio veidas

  19. Wooouooo

    Zalgiris laimejoooo

  20. 709

    Pergale!!! Visus su sia pergale ir linksmu Sv Velyku. SAUNUOLIAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  21. opa

    su pergale visus !!!!!!!

  22. Fantastika

    Na panasus scenarijus kaip su real fenerbache kilo i sturma

  23. Fantastika zalia

    Na panasus scenarijus kaip su real fenerbache kilo i sturma

  24. zalgiris

    Galesitvel pirkt bilietus

  25. zalgiris

    Bet ivaire baimes baudu nepataikom walkupas Leo pramete galejom nudegt

  26. Sigis

    Viska per devisa 4 keliny kas tam sarui su galva pasidaro visa sezona taip vos neprasiko,xebra lose grazu ziuret buvo ir vel prasidejo planas

  27. zalgiris

    Per daug klydom pabagoje zalgiris fenerbache su kibia gynyba priverte klysti

  28. fanas

    pastebejimas sarui – nemink ant to pacio greblio, nes visa 4 kelini statei zaidima per prieki, kas pries feneri dar niekad nesuveike. nepaejo pora ataku, nx ta pati sukt vel. be to 4 kel numetem apsukas kamuoli minkydami ir ilsindami varzova ju atakai, kas vos nekainavo pergale, tik sekmes deka laimejo… tikiuosi si pergale tai raktas i visa serija, sekmes !!!!

  29. zalgiris

    Na trys kelinius zaidem per maziukus mazu penketu tas dave vaisius 4 uztrigom

  30. Andrius

    Kada prasides prekyba bilietais i 4 rungtynes? Manau tai dabar svarbiausias klausimas.

  31. zalgiris

    Bet va kur komanda ZALGIRIS po antradienio prastu runktyniu parode veida ir kad moka zaisti at gal smoge fenerbache

  32. zalgiris

    Sekmes atsisuko mum kai guduricius uz mine linija

  33. Samb

    Su pergale visus dabar kursim pirti Kaune turkiska pirtis neprilygsta musiskiai

  34. zalgiris

    Bet tas kuris musa sugeba pakiltI nevare I nevilti parode jega stiprybe energyja pas ulanova buvo

  35. Darius

    Geriau renkuosi tokia pergale, negu jokios. Nors nervu tiek kainavo, kad nemoku pasakyti. Bet ka, dabar gerb Obradovicius virto vezio spalvos veidu gales per nauja galvoti, kaip susigrazinti pranasuma, o Kaune bus sunkiau. Dabar jau paziuresim.

  36. zalgiris

    KAUNAS LAUKIA geriausiosios atmosferos zaliaI balti

  37. TVBOX

    Turi kiausus ZALGIRIS

  38. to Lazybininkai

    Negi dar kada nors jais tikesi? :)

  39. Jankunas

    Jankunas sugrizimo neskubina nereikia eksperimentuoti jie puikiai zaidzia

  40. U-lia -lia

    Penki simtai Edgaro ulanovo tukstanciu