Zalgiris shoots its way past Olympiacos 17

Zalgiris Kaunas tied its largest win of the season by beating visiting Olympiacos Pireaus 94-69 on Tuesday night at a sold-out Zalgirio Arena. It was the third consecutive win and fourth in the last five games for Zalgiris, which improved to 9-13 on the season, the same record as Olympiacos.

Zalgiris took control early and never relinquished it thanks to tying a club record with 14 three-pointers and committing just 8 turnovers to turn this affair into a comfortable victory. Zalgiris also earned the head-to-head tiebreak advantage over Olympiacos, overcoming a 9-point loss from earlier this season.

Arturas Milaknis paced the winners with 19 points. Thomas Walkup, K.C. Rivers and Martinas Geben scored 12 apiece, while Edgaras Ulanovas and Lukas Lekavicius each had 11 points in the victory.

For the visitors, Sasha Vezenkov scored 15 and Augustine Rubit had 10.

Vassilis Spanoulis scored 5 early points, including a triple, but Zalgiris scored on five of its first six possessions and a triple by Milaknis and a fastbreak basket from Ulanovas capped a 9-0 run to make it 13-7. Kostas Papanikolaou and Rubit hit back-to-back from downtown to close within 18-17, but the hosts had a 9-0 run bridging the first and second quarters with a triple from Rivers and a put-back dunk from Zach LeDay to lead 27-17.

Vezenkov knocked down a three-pointer for the Reds, but Lekavicius fueled a 7-0 run with a pair of close-range baskets before Rivers’s three made it 34-20. The visitors got behind Vezenkov and Taylor Rochestie who combined for 11 points the rest of the half, helping cut it to 46-37 at halftime.

After the break, Walkup and Milaknis hit from downtown to make it 54-41. Each player scored from downtown once more before Geben scored inside as Zalgiris put together a 12-0 run to extend the margin to 69-45 late in the third quarter.

Nikola Milutinov scored on three consecutive possessions in the fourth, followed by baskets from Wade Baldwin IV and Vezenkov to cut within 77-62. However, after a timeout, Ulanovas and Milaknis hit back-to-back triples as the hosts needed less than 2 minutes to extend the margin to 85-62 and Zalgiris cruised the rest of the way.

Comments

  1. Eurolyga

    Riversas nevynioja zodziu I vata noretu liktI zalgiryje ir kita sezona

  2. Zalgiris

    Be Lendale’o del ligos gal nebus problemu su Milotinovu

  3. Zalgiris

    Reikia +10 laimet nors nebus lengva zalgiriui reikes vel gerai atakuot Tritaskius su Spanouliu tvarkytis

  4. 709

    Su pergale!!! Taip ir toliau laikom!!

  5. 4 komentarai

    Tik zalgiris pakilyme fantastika su Sold out ir pergales

  6. Zalgiris

    Ant sparnu pagreitI pagavom 2 rate va kur zalgirio veidas kabinames I prielki katik is arenos puikios emocijos Tritaskiu pataikymas

  7. Saras

    Tritaskiu skaiciuomi nusistebejes saras gyre zaidejus bet nebuvo tikras del australo

  8. Milas

    Milaknis nesitikejome kad atsirevansuosim tokiu skirtumu

  9. Zalgiris

    Galima zalgirI paligyntI 1 rato ir 2 rato su kaupu revansuojasi jei ne 9 pralaimejimaI butu dar geriau buve

  10. Darius

    Beveik tobulos rungtynes, tik bent man susidare ispudis, kad teisejai 4 kelinyje leido musti zalgiriecius. Be to, prisvilpe nesamoniu, kaip pvz Luko prazanga pries Spanuli puolime. Nepaisant neaiskaus teisejavimo, vyrai nuo +15 padare +24, nors esame iprate, kad Zalgiris leidzia varzovams sumazinti skirtuma, bet ne si karta. Ir man todel dvigubai smagu, nes Bardzokas cia yra laimejes ne karta ir tikejosi laimeti ir si syki. Ir manau, kad tikejosi logiskai, nes Olimpiakoso sudetis ant popieriaus geresne. Bet Saras su sita komanda pradejo daryti stebuklus. Kai pagalvoji, nudege su komplektacija, o skina pergale po pergales. Manau, kad is turimos komandos Saras sugeba isspausti maksimuma.

  11. th

    Šaras arba galvą kažkur susitrenkė, arba jį prastas oro klimatas paveikė. Kadangi pradėjo rengti normalias atakas, o ne kaip ankščiau- 20sek varinėjo kamuolį, o po to kas bus tas bus. Tikiuosi taip bus ir per kitas rungtynes!

  12. Rimta pergale

    TobulaI kaip per sviesta

  13. Teisejai

    Teisejai atrode tik mate tik zalgirieciu prisilietimus o Olympiakos nemato Spanoulio gudrybes pries Lekaviciu milaknio kontakta po krepsiu

  14. Faktas

    Faktas, kad Žalgiriui rungtynės pavyko. Džiugu už Geben, gavo šansą ir jį puikiai išnaudojo.

  15. sveikinu

    tikrai geriausios rungtynes si sezona , ir gaila kad taip mazai kas pasidziaugia kai zalgiris laimi , bet tegu buna tai ju problema, galima sutikti teisejai si karta pabrybavo ne musu naudai , gerai kad nevirto tendencija. Visi isskyrus heisa suzaide puikiai , neturi sitas juodis puolime igudziu , bent jau lkl kartais suzaidzia

  16. Pakilimas

    Augantys zalgirio raumenys pagreitI Igave zaliai baltI kyla I lemiama sturma

  17. Solydu

    Galima pasidziaugt tokia Atkarpa zalgirio net ir be Grigonio zaidziant