Jankunas leads Zalgiris past Juventus 0
Zalgiris continued the confident march to the Lithuanian League (LKL) finals blasting past Juventus 95-63 (23-18, 29-15, 18-16, 25-14) at home in Kaunas. The Greens now hold a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series.
“The players were concentrated and concentration in this part of the season is very important. This game is over, but we’ll have to continue our work on Friday. We still need another victory,” said Zalgiris’ head coach Ilias Zouros.
Paulius Jankunas, the captain of Zalgiris, led all scorers with 17 points and Arturas Milaknis had 12 points. Tadas Klimavicius scored 11, while Travis Watson and Omar Samhan both contributed with 9 points.
Marius Pociukonis, with 12 points, was the key man for the visitors from Utena, Arunas Vasiliauskas scored 11 while Gediminas Maceina finished the game with 8 points and 7 rebounds.
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