Zalgiris produces offensive fireworks to destroy ALBA 20

Zalgiris Kaunas delivered a spectacular performance to cruise past ALBA Berlin with a crushing 104-80 victory at the Zalgirio Arena on Friday night.

Zalgiris used a 10-0 run to establish a double-digit lead in the first quarter and steadily grew that margin to 29 points in the second. The outcome was never in doubt, with Zalgiris leading by 36 at one stage, and the lead stayed around that margin for the rest of the way.

KC Rivers led the way with 17 points on 5-of-7 triples, while Edgaras Ulanovas scored 14, Jock Landale and Nigel Hayes both had 12, teenager Rokas Jokubaitis made a career-high 11 points and veteran Paulius Jankunas added 10.

Landry Nnoko led ALBA’s resistance with 15 points and 7 rebounds, and Rokas Giedraitis and Peyton Siva scored 12. Both teams now have 7-21 records in a four-way tie for last place.

Giedraitis opened the scoring from long-range, and a put-back dunk from Nnoko kept the visitors ahead in a low-scoring start. But then Zalgiris took off: Hayes netted twice inside, including a three-point play, to make it 9-5, and an Ulanovas triple completed a 10-0 run. Johannes Thiemann ended the run by twice converting offensive rebounds, but Zach LeDay answered with two scores before a deep strike from Rivers and a driving layup from Lukas Lekavicius made it 23-9 after the first quarter.

A three-pointer from Jokubaitis and further scores for LeDay, Rivers and Jokubaitis extended the margin to 36-14. Rivers hit his third triple and a circus shot from Thomas Walkup kept the home team motoring. Two close-range scores for Landale and another Jokubaitis triple made it 54-27 at half-time.

Hayes started the second half with another deep strike, and 4 more points for Landale took the lead to 63-27 before triples from Siva and Luke Sikma propelled ALBA on a 0-8 run. Siva made another triple and a long two, but Rivers and Ulanovas maintained a comfortable margin from deep as the third quarter ended 84-52.

Ulanovas stayed hot by sinking two more triples and a tip-in early in the fourth, keeping the advantage around 30 points. A flurry of points from Nnoko and two scores from Giedraitis brought ALBA closer, but Karolis Lukosiunas scored his first ever EuroLeague points and took Zalgiris into triple figures from long-range with a minute remaining.

Comments

  1. Za liai balty

    Nu gal siendien nesitampysiim reikia butinaI pergales ir didesniu skirtumu dabar jau komandos atima Taskus is virsutiniu komandu zenit isibegeja

  2. kaunas

    dabar pilsim visus is eiles

  3. arnelis

    Mačo transliacija – https://cutt.ly/0rWaKsf

  4. Kaunas

    Siendien but Gerai Hayes taip gerai pataikancio ir nepralaimet kova del kamuoliu

  5. zalias

    mes laimesim hey hey

  6. copy

    walkupas ziaurus inkaras ir siandiena yra to pavyzdys. komanda zaidzia graziai(arba bent jau taip atrodo pries albos tragiska gynyba), iseina walkupas i aikste, viskas stringa, klaidos, atakos issimetamos paskutinem sekundem.

  7. Darius

    Nu ne 100 tasku pelne Zalgiris, o 104. Kas per zabalius raso situos straipsnius ? 104 pelne, zlibi. Nors Lukui nesiseke, Milas nesuzaide kaip gali, o Walkupas yra komandos stabdis. Neimanoma ziureti kaip jis pastoviai perlaiko kamuoli. Taciau pagyrimai Jankunui, Jokubaiciui – saunuoliai, geriausias sezono rungtynes suzaide.

  8. 709

    Visus su pergale! Saunuoliai! Taip ir toliau.

  9. Ant sparnu

    Kai isauga sparnaI neitiketinaI zaides zalgiris pervaziavo alba

  10. Fantastika

    Va ko reikia zalgiriui su tokia energyja po nauju metu zalgiriui pagerejo zaidimas TritaskiaI krenta

  11. Zalgiris 15

    Puiki proga dabar protest pergales kilty aukstyn laimejus pries asvel oly galbut

  12. 100

    Aisku gale gavo proga jaunimas ilgai uztruko pelnant 100 galejom ir 106 108 sumest albaI po pertraukos krito geriau

  13. Pagrindiniai pailsejo

    Duok dieve kad visu tritaskiu neismete pries sekmadienI reikes zaist su ta pa pacia energyja Milaknis tritaskius pasiliko rytuI svarbu kad visi perne taskus

  14. To truko 1 rate

    Gaila kad taip nezaidem kad kaip galime su zenit zvezda valencia klimpom

  15. Opa

    Sveiki. Nu ilgai laukiau tokio atsipalaidavimo komandoj. Cia buvo sio sezono rungtynes. Aciu

  16. aaa

    superines rungtynes, ypac jokubaitis nustebino, hayesas rodo neblogus atsigavimo zenklus. Siaip visi plius minus gerai ziurejosi, isskyrus walkupa, pataike keleta fuxu, bet visumoj tik pradeda izaidinet walkupas, iskarto stringa ataka… isleidzia ka kt, vel viskas ok

  17. Postumis

    Geram zaidimuI I prieki jau manau nieks neturejo prieskaistu zaidejams 3 karta su geltonais aisku tik lukas walkupas milas maziau buvo pastebimI

  18. Walkupas

    Begalvis nors ir pataiko nesamones is vis zalgirio arenoi dar nesuzaide geru runktyniu

  19. Emocijos

    Ka reiskia kai komanda pataiko Tritaskius usiliepsnoja ko truko 1 rate akcentuodamI tritaskius zaidimas pagereja Tik LKL kitaip ziurisI veidas

  20. Kaunas

    KaI taip komanda suzaide tai neprireike lekaviciaus milaknio nors mazai gavo progu mest Tritaskius