ASVEL comes on top in fierce fight in Kaunas 18

Zalgiris Kaunas faced a 68-72 defeat at the hands of ASVEL Villeurbanne in the EuroLeague Round 31 face-off in Zalgirio Arena.

ASVEL improved to 8-17 in the standings while Zalgiris dropped to 7-19. Elie Okobo led the winners with 21 points. Chris Jones added 16 points and Victor Wembanyama tallied 14 points and 5 blocks for ASVEL.

Edgaras Ulanovas paced Zalgiris with 15 points, Arturas Milaknis added 11 and Paulius Jankunas and Lukas Lekavicius each had 10 for the hosts.

Josh Nebo got Zalgiris going with a jump hook and Ulanovas scored in the low post in a 7-0 opening run that Karolis Lukosiunas capped with a triple. Wembanyama and Chris Jones stepped up for ASVEL, bringing their team within 9-5. Okobo downed a three-pointer off the dribble and David Lighty tied it at 9-9. Joffrey Lauvergne scored around the basket and Jankunas buried his trademark mid-range jumper, restoring a 13-9 Zalgiris lead. Youssoupha Fall followed a dunk with a layup to bring the guests within 14-13. Jankunas struck from downtown, but Fall drew ASVEL within 17-15 after 10 minutes.

Neils Giffey took over with a three-point play early in the second quarter. Jones matched it with a bomb from beyond the arc and Knight followed a mid-range jumper with a triple to give ASVEL its first lead, 22-23. Ulanovas downed a turnaround jumper which Wembanyama bettered with a huge dunk-and-one. Giffey hit a running hook and Nebo added a floater for a 28-26 Zalgiris edge. Lekavicius erased Wembanyama’s slam with a wild driving layup. Okobo quickly answered with a coast-to-coast layup for a 30-31 ASVEL lead. Ulanovas stepped up with a layup which Jones erased with a step-back jumper to keep the guests ahead, 32-33, at halftime.

Wembanyama buried a running hook soon after the break and matched Ulanovas’s layup with a put-back basket. Jones soon buried a turnaround jumper and Lighty copied him right after that, prompting Zalgiris to call timeout at 34-41. Okobo buried a step-back shot at the free throw that came with it to make it a double-digit game, 34-44. Fall capped a 0-11 run with a close basket, as Milaknis quickly struck twice from downtown. Jones joined the three-point shootout, but a red-hot Milaknis followed another triple with a reverse layup off the baseline to bring Zalgiris even closer, 45-49. Jankunas dunked to fix the score at 47-49 at the end of the third quarter.

Jankunas struck from beyond the arc to complete Zalgiris’s comeback, 50-49, early in the fourth quarter. Okobo buried a running jumper and Jones sank a four-meter shot to give ASVEL some fresh air at 50-53. Lekavicius followed a three-pointer with a floater and the guests called timeout at 55-53. Jones stepped up for ASVEL with a jumper that Ulanovas improved on with a shot from downtown. Tyler Cavanaugh hit a fallaway jumper, but Okobo did better with an off-balance rainbow triple to tie it at 60-60. Wembanyama nailed a turnaround jumper and Okobo followed that with a catch-and-shoot three-pointer that caused Zalgiris to call timeout at 60-65 with 3 minutes left. Okobo matched Cavanaugh’s triple with his own shot from downtown and soon gave ASVEL a 63-70 margin already in the final minute. Lekavicius and Cavanaugh, however, got Zalgiris within 68-70 with 17.1 seconds remaining. Lighty made free throws to seal the outcome.

Comments

  1. ...

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  2. Darius

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  3. Bedvasiai

    Jau pirmas kelinis parode zalgirio nenusiteikima. Klampus zaidima dar bande vienas Ule gaivint bet daugumai truko energyjos klaidu netruko 3 kelinis baisus kol neuzkure Veteranai🔥💯 Jankunas su Milu ir to buvo maza

  4. Zdovcas

    Vakar sake kad turejo 6 dienas tai bus. Sviezumas pagrindinis ginklas

  5. Baisu

    Pralaimet Asvel dar kur dar nekarto nepralaimejo kaune

  6. Jankunas

    Jankunas prisimine jaunyste 😁😂🔥 ir ikrove is virsaus

  7. Zalgirio priekis

    Siendien zalgirio priekis nesuzaide neturejo sansu pries Asvel bokstus ilgas rankas pridalino bloku

  8. Asvel

    Zudikiskai uzmete Ellie Okobo

  9. Aha

    Nu atrodo tas laisvas savaitgalis nieko nepadejo. Asvelis atvaziavo laimet ir laimejo, o Zalgiris atrode nenusiteikes ir nemotyvuotas. Tiek pagal sudeti, tiek pagal zaidima esam paskutine komanda ir nieko cia nepadarysi. Galim iveikt tik tas komandas, kurios turi kazkokiu problemu, kurios labai nuvertina Zalgiri ir tik taip galim jas pasigaut. Sitos rungtynes buvo kertines, norint nelikt paskutiniais. Tai, pasirodo, vis delto esam mes luzeriai, nes nepajegiam iveikt savo lygos komandos namie tada, kada labiausiai to reikia. Aisku, pagarba veteranams, kurie rode pavyzdi.

  10. Ule

    Nevinioja i vata vel pritruko salto proto puolime begome kaip raiteliai be galvos😁😂😀

  11. Aha2

    Matomai 6 dienos tikrai per daug kad ir koks budavo Tvarkarastis reikedavo zaist kas 2 3 dienas manau Galejo Savaitgali zaist. Cia Reala Barca nugalejo ir pasijaute pergerai kad ir Lavergnui sugrizus bet nevisada gelbeja cia ir Asvel pralaimi

  12. f

    galejo jau geriau palikt ta taska sarui, dabar tik sukele sezono gale zmoniu viltis, vien tam kad jas taip apgailetinai sudauzyti. ta klipatele latvi sudnieki ar kaip jis ten, negalima siam sezone daugiau leisti i starta, nei lkl nei ypac eurolygoje, tegul supuna ant suolo sitas pad.la, gales kokiam vefe zaist kitam sezone, net vasturija palyginus su situo flegma ima atrodyti kaip visai padorus zaidejas. gaila kad prie sonines linijos stovi ne ka mazesnis impotentas su neurologiniu sutrikimu, jeigu zmogus budamas 55 metu trenerio karjeroj nieko padoraus nepasieke, tai jo gabumai daugiau nei aiskus ir stebuklu tiketis neverta, reik manyt motiejunui uzteks nuovokos nepadaryt klaidos pasiliekant ji.

  13. Saulius

    Žudikiškas Strėlnieko ir Websterio žaidimas, Lekavičius turėtų galą gauti.

  14. A G

    ten aplamai reikia ta visa gauja bezdaliu isvaikyt. Palikt Lukuti, ulia, Cavavanaugh, Mareka ir lukosiuna,. visi kiti nieko neverti. TASKAS.

  15. Linas

    Strelniekas ir Websteris kartu gauna daugiau nei Asvelio Jonesas ir Okobo kartu sudejus. Paziurim i statistika ir komentaru daugiau turbut nereikia, koks kainos ir kokybes santykis…

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