Alba Berlin defeated Zalgiris Kaunas relatively comfortably 82-74 in the German capital, in the context of the 28th Euroleague round and reached 10-16 with two matches less and leaving the Lithuanian champions at 6-20 with the same matches.
The “albatross” gained the lead from the beginning and reached the final dominance.
Tiemann contributed more to this with 17, Smith with 16 and Sikma, Lo with 12 points. For the Lithuanians, Cavanaugh stood out with 18, Milaknis with 14 and Nimo with 12 points.
With impressive percentages in two-pointers, Alba played well in the opponent’s racket, in order to overcome the bad percentages in three-pointers and finally the first ten minutes ended in a draw.
The Germans dominated in the second ten minutes and with 20-6 individual scores and their protagonists Tiemann and Smith, reached +14.
In the third period, Tieman found support in the attack by Sikma and Lo, completing the thirty minutes at +9.
In the fourth period, the four of Tiemann, Smith, Sikma and Lo kept Alba while Zalgiris found the solutions from Cavanaugh and Milaknis and reached the final victory.
THE TEN MINUTES: 24-24, 44-30, 59-50, 82-74
BERLIN ALBA (Gonthaleth): Lo 12 (4/7 two points, 4/6 shots, 4 rebounds, 2 assists), Da Silva, Smith 16 (2/4 two points, 4/9 three points), Delou 4, Matisek 2, Snyder 2, Nikic, Kumaji 8 (4/4 two points, 6 rebounds), Team 17 (3/4 two points, 3/4 three points, 2/2 shots), Shikma 12 (6/7 two points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals), Blatt 5 ( 1 three points, 7 assists), Lammers 4
ZALGIRIS KAUNAS (Zdovts): Blazevic 1, Lekavitsius 9 (3/9 two points, 1/5 three points, 5 assists), Nimbo 12 (4/5 two points, 4/6 shots, 8 rebounds), Giankounas 8 (2), Lukosiounas, Milaknis 14 (4) , Strelnieks 7 (1 three points, 9 assists), Cavanaugh 18 (4/5 two points, 3/6 three points, 1/2 shots, 6 rebounds), Gifai 3 91), Lovern 2, Ulanovas (6 rebounds)
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