Zalgiris Kaunas (10-10) failed to beat Real Madrid (11-9) for the second time in the EuroLeague season. This time Andrea Trinchieri’s team lost 64-83 (26-15, 8-20, 12-20, 18-28) at Zalgirio Arena.

Dzanan Musa led the winners with 17 points. Facu Campazzo and Serge Ibaka each added 13 while Mario Hezonja had 10 for Real. Lonnie Walker IV led Zalgiris with 17 points.

Campazzo got Real going with a jump hook which Walter Tavares followed with a layup for a 0-4 lead. Dovydas Giedraitis struck from downtown, then Musa and Xavier Rathan-Mayes restored a 3-7 Real edge. Walker IV stepped up for Zalgiris with 5 straight points before Sylvain Francisco scored a fast-break layup to cap a 7-0 run. Brady Manek improved Musa's floater with a bomb from downtown before Francisco and Arnas Butkevicius each joined the three-point shootout for a 19-11 Zalgiris advantage. Campazzo stepped up with a floater and Serge Ibaka added a jump hook to keep Real within 21-15. Lukas Lekavicius followed a floater with a three-pointer to make it a double-digit game, 26-15, after 10 minutes.

Ibaka buried consecutive jump hooks early in the second quarter. Hezonja soon added a three-point play that gave Los Blancos hope at 26-22. Giedraitis banked in an off-balanced shot off a Zalgiris timeout, Ibaka answered from beyond the arc and Andres Feliz’s three-pointer tied it at 28-28. Hezonja capped a 2-15 run from the foul line to give Real a 28-30 edge. Giedraitis rescued the hosts with a driving layup and Deividas Sirvydis scored the rest of the points in a 6-0 run that restored a 34-30 Zalgiris lead. Musa took over with an off-balanced three-point play before Campazzo put Real in charge, 34-35, at halftime.

Walker hit free throws and nailed a catch-and-shoot triple to put Zalgiris in charge, 39-35, after the break. Hezonja rescued Real with a bomb from beyond the arc which Campazzo followed with a acrobatic layup for a 39-40 lead. Laurynas Birutis scored down low before Musa buried back-to-back three-pointers to make the hosts stop the game at 41-47. Bryant Dunston stepped up with a power layup, Musa silenced the crowd with a coast-to-coast basket and Alberto Abalde's turnaround jumper made it an eight-point game, 44-52. Abalde scored again to give Real its first double-digit lead, 44-55, which Alen Smailagic cut to 46-55 after 30 minutes.

Ibaka and Feliz each struck from beyond the arc to break the game open, 46-61, early in the fourth quarter. Zalgiris kept struggling to score while Eli Ndiaye followed a put-back basket with a fastbreak slam that made the hosts call timeout, 46-65, with over 7 minutes left. Sergio Llull capped a 0-13 run with a three-point play. Smailagic tried to change things with a put-back slam and a three-point play, getting Zalgiris within 51-70. Walker IV struck from downtown but it was already too little, too late for Zalgiris. Campazzo and Ndiaye made sure that the hosts were not even close to steal the tie-break advantage.