Ulanovas career-night helps Zalgiris to hold off Efes 15

Zalgiris used a big advantage on the glass and fine performances by Edgaras Ulanovas in the first half and Paulius Jankunas in the second to hold off Anadolu Efes Istanbul 91-83 on Thursday at Zalgirio arena. The win improved Zalgiris to 5-4, while Efes dropped to 2-7 at the bottom of the standings.

Zalgiris led for most of the night and extended its margin to double-digits midway through the fourth quarter, before holding off the visitors in the final two minutes. Ulanovas scored 20 of his career-high 22 points in the first half, and also had 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks. Jankunas scored 17 points with 6 rebounds for Zalgiris, which pulled down a season-high 16 offensive boards and outrebounded the visitors 40-29. Brandon Davies had 12 points and Kevin Pangos finished with 10 points and 7 assists in victory.

Bryant Dunston led Efes with 17 points and 6 rebounds. Josh Adams netted 15, Ricky Ledo 13, Krunoslav Simon 12 and Brock Motum – in his return to Kaunas – had 11 points in defeat.

The teams traded baskets early on and Adams and Ledo each hit a three-pointer to make it 9-13. Toupane and Ulanovas led the way for the hosts before a three-point play by Jankunas gave Zalgiris an 18-16 edge. Anatanas Kavaliauskas scored inside and Aaron White had a fastbreak dunk, but Efes finished the quarter on a 0-8 run, with Dunston making a pair of baskets and Simon beating the buzzer with a three-pointer for a 22-26 lead.

Zalgiris fixed the defensive leaks early in the second quarter and held the visitors without a single field goal for almost five minutes. In that span, White hit a three-pointer and Pangos and Jankunas scored from close range to make it 33-28. Efes answered through Dunston, but a Dee Bost three-pointer and baskets from Jankunas and Ulanovas made it 44-37. Simon and Ulanovas traded threes, before Zoran Dragic scored a fastbreak layup to set the score on 47-44 at halftime.

Efes briefly regained the lead after a mid-range jumper by Ledo, but Davies scored on both ends of a 9-1 run, which also included a three-pointer from White, 56-49. The hosts went into the final quarter up 66-61 when dunks by Davies quickly extended the margin to 71-61. Ledo and Toupane traded triples, but Ulanovas and Paulius Valinskas fed Jankunas for consecutive mid-range jumpers, which extended the margin to 78-66 midway through the fourth quarter. Efes had no solutions for Jankunas , but Ledo had a three and Dunston a three-point play that cut the deficit to 84-79. Dunston’s reverse dunk got the visitors within 86-83, but after a timeout, Pangos drove for a basket and then hit a three-pointer to seal the outcome.

Comments

  1. eurolygos diena

    Zalgirio pasiulymas kuzminskui ir iskirtinis interviu su motiejunu

  2. Cskei

    pzdc zalgiris buvo pagaves ritmą grybas kavaliauskas 2 atakas sugadino ir vel nuėjo į minusą blt spirkit jį lauk

  3. a

    nu bl,ir vel mus apsaudo trajakais :(

  4. a

    su bostu aikstej tik i minusa einam. imu galvot kad netraukia jis zalgirio lygio

  5. Ulanovas

    bbi greičiau tą bostą neptūnui parduotų kartu su mandavoškine barzda

  6. a

    aronas, tai dar geresnis snaiperis uz motuma, nors pradzioje visai klisas atrode. o kur dar jo atletiskumas

  7. J

    ACIU!!!

  8. e

    aciu

  9. Darius

    Aciu zalgirieciams uz puikia kova ir pergale. As manau, kad si vakara teisejai susvilpe Efeso naudai maziausiai 5 kartus daugiau nei Zalgiriui. Priprate jau mes prie tokio teisejavimo, svilpia vienos komandos naudai kelis kartus, tada viena syk suklysta ir kitos puses naudai, atseit i abi puses buvo klaidu. Kas liecia zaidima, atsistoje plojam Ulanovui ir musu kapitonui Jankunui. Naudingai zaide White, Pangos, energingai Valinskas, o Davies vis dar sunkiai atkovoja kamuolius. Bost netraukia Zalgirio lygio, o jei jis aiksteleje su Kavaliausku, derini 2 pries 2 galetume irasyti i raudonaja knyga.

  10. Pydarai

    Kurie stumia ant Žalgirio žaidėjų. Jūs nega

    Tie, kurie vadinasi žalgirio fanais ir stumia ant Žalgirio žaidėjų. Tikras fanas visada palaiko savo komandą, jei sekasi ar nesiseka. Ar suptato visi pyderai?

  11. palaikom

    komanda nesiparink, geriau butu kad pasiekus pergale butu daugiau komentaru, bet deja ju buna tik pralaimejus, akcentuociau butent sita puse , visus su pergale , ilgai laukta savo arenoje, kas buvo blogai pasake treneris, o kas gerai ir patys matom, taigi vaziuojam i prieki!

  12. to pydarai

    Ko toks nervuotas ? Jaučiu esi meilės vaisius, tik ne toks kaip visi. Tave iš meilės padarė 2 pydarai.

  13. vilniaus lenkų sąjudis

    kitos rungtynės bus liamemos jei pralaimės o barca laimės ji šoktels aukžčiau nes taškų vidurkis pliusinis daug ,jei apipjaustapimpių nepaims psichologiškai pačiom pirmom atakom tai gali būti daug problemų būt geriausia jei žaistų per pangosą nes jankūnas pradžios daj nejaučia metimo

  14. ulanovas

    Eurolygos turo MVP

  15. zalgiris 7

    Po vakar pralaimejimo chimki fenerbache zalgiris pakilo auksciau 7