Zalgiris destroyed Fener!

An impressive one Zalgiris left no room for Fenerbahce and forced her to crash 98-75in Kaunas.

So, his team Andrea Trinchieri went up to 8-14while o Sarunas Yasikeviciuswho… became embittered in his home, saw his own recede to 13-9.

Polyphony in the attack by the Lithuanians, who had him as their leader Keenan Evans with 21 points and 7 assists, while he was also very good Laurinas Biroutis with 16 p. and 10 rebounds.

From Fener, stood out Scotty Wilbekin and Jonathan Motley with 22 p. and 15 p. respectively. THE George Papagiannis had 2 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, o Tyler Dorsey 7p. and Nick Calathes added 4 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. Agony for him Dishon Pierrewho left injured.

The match

Explosive start from Zalgiris, who had… pinned Fenerbahce and led 14-1 in the first five minutes. Trinchieri’s team maintained control and the difference (18-6), until the 7th minute. In the last minutes, the visitors made a reaction and closed the first period with partial scores of 2-8 (20-14).

The Lithuanians made a terrible start in the second quarter as well, with Biroutis and Evans sending them to +16 (32-16), at 14′. Fener then counter-attacked with Wilbekin’s three-pointers, getting closer to -6 (36-30), at 17′. Zalgiris answered for +11 (43-32), with another three-pointer from the American making it 43-35.

Zalgiris entered the second half with the gas pressed, sending the difference again to +16 (56-40), in the 25th minute. From that point on, Fener turned up the pace and scored ahead of Motley, but the hosts closed the third period at +11 (66-55).

With Manek’s back-to-back three-pointers, the home team started the fourth quarter, escaping to +17 (75-58), in the 32nd minute. From then on, Trinchieri’s team set up a… party on the floor and with the gap constantly widening and Zalgiris taking the victory with the final 98-75.

The quarters: 20-14, 43-35, 66-55, 98-75

See the match statistics here