Zalgiris overcomes Vytautas on the road 9
Zalgiris Kaunas defeated BC Vytautas and is now the first team that has reached the 10-win mark in Lithuanian League this season. The defending champions beat Vytautas on the road in Prienai on Sunday – 63:55 (14:15, 25:14, 11:17, 13:9).
The first quarter was very competitive and neither team could get ahead. First period ended with a buzzer-beating 3-point shot by Tomas Delininkaitis – Vytautas led 14:15.
Zalgiris was able to gain a double-digit lead behind successful plays by Brock Motum and Paulius Jankunas. The score before halftime was 39:29.
The start of the third period was very good for Zalgiris. Kaunas team was able to get a 14-point lead in the first minutes of the quarter. But Vytautas got concentration back on and cut the deficit to 4 before the final period (50:46).
The home team fought hard and was very tough, but Zalgiris overcame Vytautas in the last minutes. The nail in the coffin was an alley-oop dunk by Augusto Lima. Final score – 63:55.
Jankunas led Zalgiris with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Kevin Pangos added 10 points.
Arturas Valeika scored 12 for Vytautas. Saulius Kulvietis got 11.
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