Toupane leads Zalgiris to 15th win in the EuroLeague 34
Zalgiris Kaunas got closer to clinching a historic playoffs spot by downing FC Barcelona Lassa 90-74 at Zalgirio Arena on Thursday. Zalgiris improved to 15-9 in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season standings while Barcelona dropped to 7-17.
Axel Toupane led the winners with a career-high 21 points. Kevin Pangos added 18 while Aaron White had 11 for Zalgiris.
Pierre Oriola led Barcelona with 18 points. Ante Tomic added 11 while Petteri Koponen had 10 for the guests.
Pangos and Antanas Kavaliauskas sparked an early 8-0 run and a triple by Arturas Milaknis gave Zalgiris a 19-15 lead after 10 minutes. Pangos stayed on fire, getting help from Brandon Davies to make it a double-digit game, 44-34, at halftime. Zalgiris rolled after the break, as White and Milaknis fueled a 10-0 run that broke the game open, 63-44. Free throws by Pangos soon made it a 20-point game, 70-50, after 30 minutes. Nothing changed after that, as Zalgiris kept a safe margin all the way until the final buzzer.
Toupane got Zalgiris going with consecutive driving layups but off-balance shots by Adam Hanga and Adrien Moerman tied it at 4-4. Oriola made free throws that Pangos did one better with a triple for a 7-6 Zalgiris lead. Hanga buried a corner three-pointer but a floater by Pangos ignited an 8-0 blast in which Kavaliauskas followed a layup with a jumper for a 15-9 score. Koponen stepped up with a layup-plus-free throw and a triple for Barcelona, but Milaknis answered from downtown for a 19-15 Zalgiris lead after 10 minutes.
Victor Claver hit free throws and Tomic dunked, but a layup by Paulius Jankunas and three-pointers by Milaknis and Vasilije Micic boosted Zalgiris’s lead to 27-19. Thomas Heurtel and Juan Carlos Navarro tried to change things for the guests but a three-pointer by Pangos and a dunk in traffic in Davies kept Zalgiris fully in charge, 34-27. Pangos kept pacing Zalgiris and a layup by Davies made it a double-digit game, 40-29. Oriola and Pau Ribas brought Barcelona a bit closer, 44-34, at halftime.
Toupane took over with a three-pointer and a fastbreak layup for a 51-36 Zalgiris lead soon after the break. Tomic followed a dunk with a three-point play and Oriola added a corner triple to give Barcelona hope at 53-44. Milaknis answered with a three-point play of his own and White added a triple and a dunk that broke the game open, 61-44. Davis capped a 10-0 run with a dunk, White scored again and Edgaras Ulanovas added a jumper for a 67-48 score. Free throws by Ulanovas and Pangos gave Zalgiris a 20-point lead, 70-50, after 30 minutes.
Claver struck from beyond the arc early in the fourth quarter and Oriola added a couple of jumpers but Davies and Pangos kept Zalgiris fully in charge, 75-59. Toupane took over late in the game, allowing Zalgiris to cruise to a well-deserved home win.
Both teams return to EuroLeague action next Friday as Barcelona hosts Crvena Zvezda Belgrade and Zalgiris welcomes defending champion Fenerbahce Istanbul.
ei zalieji perkam bilietus dar nepilnai ispirkta reikia palaikymo
manau iki 15 16 val ispirksim visus pirmyn zalgiris
zaisime pries viena rimciausiu varzovu eurolygoje kuris po pergales pries efes yra labai geros formos igaves dar daugiau pasitikejimo savo jegomis
kovo 1 reike pradet pergale kaip ir pasavasario diena zaliuoja viskas
pergale butu puiki proga kaip artejanti dovana gimtadieni nors ir ta diena bus runktynes kovo 4
na spejant is sektoriu apziuros jau neperdaugiausia like bilietu o jau aina 14 val na dar iki 19.00 laiko like galbut ir liks dar vietu
barcos sezona eurolygoje laidojantis koponenas apie nustebinusi zalgiri ir suomijos supertalenta
victoras claveras pierre orriola adrienas moermanas ir kiti barcos zaidejai is autobuso kaune gerokai susiguze ir paniure kelione is svelnaus pavasario pietu ispanijoje i atsiauriaja ziema su – 14 temperatura jiems nekele didelio dziaugsmo
I sio vakaro runktynes beliko 500 bilietu ir bc zalgiris idejo nuotrauka kad reikia suskubti isigyt bilieta jis tikrai dabar galvoja apie kitas moterys reikia nusipirkti bilieta i zalgirio runktynes kol dar yra
isperkam visus bilietus padarom super atmosfera arenoje imam barselona ir svenciam pergale tai toks planelis siam vakarui
kazin ar pavyks visus ispirkt bet kad pilna arena bus tai tikrai atmosferos uzteks audringai palaikant
reikia isirasyt i nauja istorija ir pasimt taska 15 pergale kaip pavasario diena
imsim penkiolikta pergale ir baigta mes jega
Didžiausios sekmės Žalgiriui , bei proto ir tylos Čeploniui.
Sėkmės Zalgiri
Duokit tam invalidui vaistų nuo tylos
zali jega kaunas jega
Šaunuoliai vyrai, taip ir toliau
As apakes as apkes kertam milijonerius. Su pergale
Itikinama pergale nepaisant to, kad buvo visiskai “isejes” Jankunas. Dabar astuntukas jau ranka pasiekiamas. Kas del siandien, atrode, kad zaidziame ne pries Barsa, o pries Lietkabeli. Gaila tik to, kad Sajus drebanciom kinkom prikroves is baimes i kelnes mete nesamone, o kamuoli reikejo laikyti iki galo ir butume laimeje maziausiai 19 tasku. Nezinau ka Sajus veikia Zalgiryje. As net nenoriu nieko apie ji rasyti. Nera nei 1 gero zodzio apie Saju. Jam sitas lygis per aukstas, tas pats, jei astuntokas patektu i aukstosios 4 kursa. Visiskai pasimetes.
P. jankunas pasveikino istorini pasiekima uzfiksavusi sara tai jo rekordas bet smagu visiems
geriausia sezono maca suzaides toupane as buvau labai pasilges namu runktyniu
fantastiska emocijos kaip palei sara geriausios sio sezono runktynes ir pirma karta uztikrintai laimeta
sezone nebuvom laimeje 15 18 tasku skirtumu kai budavom pabaigos dramatiskos su + 4 5 taskais
saras zalgiris parode galia puikiu komandiniu ispildymu
pritarciau apie saju jau butu geriau masiulis nei sajus iseina sutrikes kaip pasimetes nereikejo to sajaus leist
white brendon davies buvo fantastiniai skrydziai emociju pliupsnis
rytis vysniauskas apie toupane vakara aukstaugiu darba ir zavinti white
zalgiris jau dabar pranoko praejusio sezono pasirodyma eurolygoje kuris takart buvo vertinamas kaip labai geras ka kaunieciai sugebejo pakeisti per vasara prideta atletiskumo kurio atnese toupane daviesas ir white,as beto kevinas pangosas runktyniauja luzio sezona atsiskleisdamas grazumu
real nutrauke kontrakta su maciuliu
zalgiris link issvajotojo top 8 tures pereiti kryziaus kelius
dar pernai vasara visi taip lauke maciulio, o dabar atseit nereikalingas. geriau dabar ateitu kol dar formoje yra, o ne 35-36m
labai laimngas kad laimejom, bet del sajaus labai klydau pradzioj sezono, reikia ji skolint siauliams gal sireika ka nor s is jo isspaus.
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