This year’s season had big surprises in store for us early on EuroLeague. OR Zalgiris Kaunas hosted her Barcelona for the premiere of the event and from the first period she showed her wild moods. The Lithuanians were excellent throughout the match, with a small break in the 3rd quarter and celebrated their victory with 74-67.
Terrible start for the home team who were from the start frighteningly threatening winning… air in the first quarter with 21-14. The offensive line of the Lithuanians continued at the same pace in the second period, scoring another shocking 22 points, while the defense limited the “Blaugranas” to just 17, with the total score reaching 43-31.
OR Barcelona fired back early in the second half and tightened up its defense, allowing just seven points in the entire third quarter, closing the gap to just two points, 50-48.
In the fourth and last period, however, Zalgiris woke up again comfortably taking the reins of the match for a great victory with a total score of 74-67.
Brazdeikis and Francisco they were the absolute protagonists for her Zalgiris pushing the team with all their might to this impressive victory. The Lithuanian scored a total of 17 points, while also having five rebounds, while on the other hand, the Frenchman scored 19, sharing three assists at the same time.
The quarters: 21-14, 43-31, 50-48, 74-67
Detailed match statistics here.
Source: Sport Fm
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