He silenced the “Zalgirio Arena” and left Kaunas with a great victory Olympia Milan!
After three consecutive defeats that “counted” in the Euroleague, Ettore Messina’s team reacted and prevailed with 89-78 her Zalgirisimproving her record to 2-3!
Armed with offensive versatility (six players in double figures) and excellent three-point shooting percentage (12/21), the Italians forced Zalgiris to their second loss, falling to 3-2 after their three-game winning streak to start the season.
Booker, Ellis, Shields and Richie finished the game with 15 points each, while Goodrich he had 14, along with 7 rebounds, while for the losers they stood out Butkevicius (20 points on 6/7 3-pointers, all in the first half) Gosh (15pts, 4 assists) and Wright (15pts, 7 rebs).
The match:
The match started with Bolmaro and Shields putting Armani ahead 5-2, while former “red and white” Goss, Wright, along with Sliva, gave Zalgiris their first lead (9-5). THE Goodrich with consecutive baskets he reduced it to 11-9, while then he took his… weapon o Butkeviciusputting the home team at +8 (21-13), having 3/3 three-pointers!
Arnas Butkevicius is EVERYWHERE @bczalgiris #MotorolaMagicMoment pic.twitter.com/KcFP1RIaUn
— EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) October 16, 2025
The guests were left without a basket for minutes in the second period, Butkevicius remained “hot”, hitting two more three-pointers (5/5) and shooting the difference in favor of Zalgiris to +16 (31-15)! THE Shields back-to-back baskets cut it to 31-20 and set off a counterattack by Armani, who went on an impressive 19-5 run to take a 39-38 lead before Wright configure it 42-39 of the first half, with his consecutive baskets!
Crazy sequence by Arnas Butkevicius ??@bczalgiris
20 PTS I 6/6 3FG in 9 minutes! pic.twitter.com/KDNjBh6Mhs
— EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) October 16, 2025
Zalgiris escaped with 54-49 at the beginning of the third period, with the Tubelis to become double digits, but Armani responded with him Booker to nail for 55-56. The derby continued throughout the third quarter, which ended with the visitors leading by 2 (61-63).
The two teams remained close until 66-70 with 6:53 left in the final when Olympia found a rhythm offensively and tied up its defense, pulling away 77-66 and maintaining its safety lead until the final. 78-89!
MARK??
Bank is open!@OlimpiaMI1936 pic.twitter.com/bgffkHkXTb
— EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) October 16, 2025
The quarters: 21-13, 42-39, 61-63, 78-89
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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