Zalgiris defeats Jonava at home 1

Joffrey Lauvergne poured in 21 points in 13 minutes, paving Zalgiris Kaunas’ way to their 22nd LKL win this season, this time against visiting CBet Jonava by 93-70 (28-23, 24-20, 19-19, 22-8).

Jure Zdovc’s team remained at the top of the LKL with just one defeat (22-1).

Lauvergne started the game in dominant fashion scoring 13 points in the first quarter for 28-23 lead. He added 8 more points in the second period and sat down for good, as the Lithuanian champs went to the locker room with 9-point lead (52-43).

CBet got close in the third quarter, and at one point was down only by one possession, but Zalgiris quickly turned another gear and margin widened during the 4th quarter.

Zalgiris: Joffrey Lauvergne 21, Arturas Milaknis 15, Janis Strelnieks 13 (6 AST), Tai Webster 11 (4 AST), Marek Blazevic 11 (9 REB)

CBet: Vitalijus Kozys 21, Emmanuel Lecomte 12 (6 AST), Juan Palacios 10 (5 AST).