He also brought the Red Star to his knees Zalgiris!
The Lithuanians prevailed 71-66 of the Serbians at home, marking their 4th consecutive EuroLeague win, which took them to the 12-8while the guests fell to 10-10.
It “rained” three points in Kaunas with the winners having 16/31 and the losers 21/39. The hosts were in control of the game in the first two quarters, but Ivanovic’s team fought back from -12 down in the 3rd quarter with a 12-26 margin. In fact, they were +7 five minutes before the end of the match, but Zalgiris, who made it 21-10 in the 4th period, had not said their last word.
Terrific job by him Ulanova, who came out in front of the difficulties and was in fact the first scorer of his team with 13 points, having 5 rebounds, but also 6 assists, but also 5 mistakes. Polonara and Schmitz scored from 10.
For the losers, Petrusev was excellent again, as with 16 points (7/9 two-pointers) he was the game’s top scorer, having 3 rebounds. Nedovic scored 11 points on 4/11 2-point shooting, while Vildosa had 9 points with 4 assists and 5 steals.
The match
Better start for Zalgiris who with baskets from Brazdeikis and Dimsa made it 4-0, while Schmitz’s basket after the visitors’ reaction made it 12-5 at 5:52 with the Latvian reaching six points at that point. Red Star found points with high bodies (Kuzmich, Petrusev), cutting to 12-9. With Schmitz staying hot and Butkevicius entering the equation, the home team found themselves up +9 (18-9) at 01:35 on Lekavicius’ free throws. THE Nedovic with a basket almost at the end of the first quarter it was reduced to 20-14.
In the second quarter, the match started to become a factor of Zalgiris’ top players in the match, Achille Polonara, making it 30-18 at 6:37, with eight straight points. Vildosa started to heat up and Asteras got within four at 32-28 at 3:33. The home team went to the locker room with a +8 score, with a basket by Lekavicius at 16” before the end of the half.
Erythros showed determination to come back with the start of the second half, with the Bendil, Nedovic and Vildosa lead, cutting it to 42-41. Lekavicius sent Zalgiris to +5 at 3:31, while Lazarević’s basket brought the Reds within striking distance after the hour, 50-49 (2:00), while Petrushev gave a lead immediately after (50-51). From the hands of Dobrich, the Red team left at +6 (50-56) shortly before the end of the 3rd period.
Ulanovas was there again, giving +6 with two consecutive three-pointers, making it 70-64 with 36 minutes to go. Nedovic cut it to 70-66 with his team’s final basket of the game, after Ulanovic set up the final score with a layup. Nedovic missed a 3-pointer at the end and Zalgiris celebrated the win.
The quarters: 20-14, 38-30, 50-56, 71-66
The match statistics
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