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One Team – Euroleague Basketball’s social responsibility program organized together with Zalgiris Kaunas – reached its midway point.

The King Mindaugas Cup trophy will return to Kaunas for the second year in a row, as title-holders Zalgiris defended their crown with an 81-62 victory against Lietuvos Rytas in the Final.

Zalgiris Kaunas topped Lietkabelis 88-74 in a rematch of last year’s King Mindaugas Cup Final, with big man Brandon Davies doing most of the damage.

The Quarter-Final of the SIL-King Mindaugas Cup was played in Kaunas on Wednesday. Zalgiris had to work for their place in the Final Four, inscribing an 85-78 win against Siauliai.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated the defending Betsafe LKL champions Zalgiris Kaunas with a 75-68 victory in Vilnius on Sunday.

Zalgiris Kaunas started the game well, but later got stuck in Khimki Moscow Region defense It resulted with 74-84 home loss in front of sell-out crowd at Zalgirio Arena.

It was an offensive-minded scoring fest in Prienai, as LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball combined for 44 points but couldn’t prevent Vytautas from a large 118-96 defeat to Zalgiris.

Zalgiris Kaunas got back to its winnings ways, defeating visiting Maccabi Tel Aviv 99-84 in Zalgirio Arena on Thursday night.

A team with one of the smallest budgets in the EuroLeague has wowed the competition and as Zalgiris coach Sarunas Jasikevicius explains, one of the reasons behind such season is quite the unexpected one.