Lithuania

Regular Season Round 18: Lietkabelis - Zalgiris 69-73

Date: January 13, 2019
An interesting game for Zalgiris (16-2) which played road game in Panevezys against 4th ranked Lietkabelis (10-8). First ranked Zalgiris managed to get a 4-point victory 73-69. It looked good early as Lietkabelis took a 8-point lead at the end of first quarter. But then Zalgiris took control and eventually winning the game that evening by 4 points. Lietkabelis was plagued by 26 personal fouls down the stretch. American point guard Nate Wolters (193-91, college: S.Dakota St., agency: Pensack Sports) scored 18 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists to lead the charge for the winners and the former international Marius Grigonis (198-94) chipped in 14 points during the contest. The best for the losing side was Paulius Valinskas (190-95) with 12 points and 6 assists and Slovenian center Ziga Dimec (210-93) scored 10 points and 9 rebounds. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Both coaches tested many bench players in such tough game. Defending champion maintains first position with 16-2 record. Lietkabelis lost third consecutive game. They keep the fourth place with eight games lost. Zalgiris will play against Nevezis (#9) in Kedainiai in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Lietkabelis will play on the road against the league's second-placed Rytas (#2) in Vilnius and it may be a tough game between close rivals.

  LIETKABELIS (coach: Nenad Canak)69
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
11 kilajsVis, Oiulaus 82 4-1 (05%) 6-1 (61.9%) 4-3 (90%) 5 4 4 1 6 0 6 5 5 5 68 69 -2
68 KulLaRUas, Aiulaus 83 6-8 (05%) 8-0 (35%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 4 0 5 5 5 5 5 2 3 -0
66 gaBRZ, caDi 86 3-2 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 4 1 7 6 4 4 5 6 5 6 65 61 -2
83 CiViQRLaZ, biQVI 86 5-6 (5%) 6-0 (85%) 8-8 (655%) 6 4 3 8 8 6 6 5 5 6 0 0 7
46 WalsIj, ziBiQ 67 4-1 (05%) 8-8 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 4 8 5 5 6 8 68 1 3
62 KiQajaiusVis, kiadis 86 4-2 (49.0%) 5-6 (5%) 3-3 (655%) 5 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 65 1 -66
0 AajILRZ, AURfij 85 6-9 (63.4%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 4 3 5 3 8 6 5 5 6 8 -8 -66
37 Kupsis, bajdiuDis 62 6-6 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 3 0 6 8 5 5 4 5 5 8 7 0
6 wiQIlas, gIjiUis 60 8-4 (11.9%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5 6 6 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 1 9 4
64 zisiaUas, AaBis 2 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 8 6 8
69 euMsUiLaZaus, bijUis  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   67-33 (34.8%) 1-67 (46.1%) 64-63 (78.7%) 1 81 48 62 81 69 4 3 8 9 17 17  


  ZALGIRIS (coach: Tomas Masiulis)73
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
4 WIlURQs, XiUR 87 4-7 (44.4%) 8-4 (11.9%) 1-7 (11.9%) 8 9 7 2 6 9 6 5 5 5 62 48 63
45 WhaUR, SiQIj 87 8-8 (655%) 6-8 (05%) 6-3 (80%) 8 0 9 6 5 8 5 5 5 5 2 63 6
5 giLaRs, mQijdIj 89 3-2 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 4-3 (90%) 6 8 4 8 4 4 5 8 5 4 66 65 5
35 GQaDIjas, biQaus 81 4-1 (05%) 8-4 (11.9%) 8-8 (655%) 5 3 3 6 3 4 5 5 5 6 63 64 9
78 tlijILis, qdDiQis 81 5-5 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5 4 4 8 5 4 5 5 5 8 8 1 -4
86 baliVjas, SQUuQis 85 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 3-0 (25%) 6 6 8 5 8 6 8 5 5 5 3 0 -0
64 zijVujis, Oiulaus 61 0-66 (30.0%) 5-5 (5%) 6-6 (655%) 5 6 6 6 4 8 6 5 5 5 66 9 64
9 WilVup, whIBis 66 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 6 5 6 6 4 8 5 5 5 5 6 5 3
46 zIVuMiaUas, eIVis 0 5-4 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 8 6 5 -0 -9
6 WilUIj-zQ, gRQQaZV 3 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 8 5 -6
8 whIBpsIj, gRIj 8 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 8-3 (05%) 5 8 8 5 6 8 5 5 6 5 8 5 -4
69 maQuUas, viuQFjis  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   62-34 (36.7%) 0-68 (36.9%) 88-44 (11.9%) 9 80 48 69 69 80 3 8 3 9 94 28  



Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)