He left with a big double from the headquarters of Red Star and… Zalgiris looks at the top ten

He left with a great double from his “hot” headquarters Red Star and… he looks at the top ten Zalgiris!

The team of Andrea Trinchieri prevailed in the details of that of Yannis Sfairopoulos, reaching the marginal victory with 93-91 and having as its main protagonist Keenan Evanswho had a great night and finished the match with 25 points and 6 assists!

This was the third consecutive victory for the Lithuanians, who improved their record to 11-15 and they came close to the top ten, while Erytheos Asteras, who did not have Milos Teodosic available for tonight’s match, was defeated for the second consecutive matchday, falling to the 10-16 and losing valuable ground in the battle to enter the play ins.

In addition to Evans, a double-digit number precisely for the sake of Zalgiris was also achieved by Schmitz (13π) and Beirut (12p), while his impressive appearance was not enough for the losers Dos Santos (double-double with 21 points and 14 assists).

The match

Zalgiris led 4-2 at the start of the game thanks to back-to-back points from Beirutis before Nedovic scored a hat-trick to put Red Star in front for the first time. Bayroutis continued to star in the visitors’ attack, making 7-9, while Evans made 9-14 with a three-pointer. With a fast pace and few interruptions, the first period, with Zalgiris maintaining its small lead until the end and with Mitrovic reaching 9 personal points early on, making it 22-23. At the same time, Dos Santos had already managed to distribute 6 assists in the first quarter.

The two teams continued to go hand in hand on the scoreboard in the second period as well, with Sumner scoring 5 straight points for the visitors +3 (28-31), while Smart responded with his own run for Asteras, for the 33-31. Both Sfairopoulos’ and Trinchieri’s teams had very good shooting percentages, with Nedovic and Dos Santos hitting two more 3-pointers for the Reds, before Sumner scored with two shots to tie the game at 45-45 in the first half. .

The third quarter started with Zalgiris hitting back-to-back 3-pointers from Giedraitis and Evans to take a 47-51 lead before Mitrovic scored 4 straight points to make it 15 in total and bring Red Star back to +2 (53-51). However, Zalgiris responded with an 8-0 run to make it 59-53, while Asteras did not let the Lithuanians escape as Giedraitis and dos Santos hit back-to-back 3-pointers to make it 65-63 before Manek and Evans scored for 65-68 of the third period.

The hosts entered the fourth quarter very strongly, with two blocks and a steal, which led to an easy layup by Nedovic for 69-68, while Gillespie made an impressive poster nail in front of Bairutis, for +4 (72-68 ) of the “red and white”. With a 7-0 run and with Evans reaching 20 personal points, Zalgiris took the lead again (72-75), keeping it until the “final stretch” of the game. There, Nedovic cut to 87-88 with 47” left in the final, Evans answered for 87-90, Boloboi hit two shots after an offensive rebound for 89-90, but in the final the visitors they were cool in the shots, celebrating a narrow 93-91 victory.

The quarters: 22-23, 45-45, 65-68,

The match statistics