Lithuania

Regular Season Round 6: Rytas - Zalgiris 72-84

Date: October 25, 2020
The most crucial game of the last round was the first loss of Rytas (6-1) in Vilnius on Sunday night. Hosts were defeated by third ranked Zalgiris (5-1) 84-72. It ended at the same time the six-game winning streak of Rytas. It may be a crucial game in the contest for the top position in the league. The guests trailed by 8 points after first quarter, but they stormed back getting tie in the second period and winning the second half and won the game by 12 points. Zalgiris made 19-of-25 free shots (76.0 percent) during the game. They also forced 19 Rytas turnovers. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 22 assists. 26 personal fouls committed by Rytas helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. French center Joffrey Lauvergne (211-91, agency: BeoBasket) scored 11 points and 6 rebounds to lead the charge for the winners and American forward Nigel Hayes (203-94, college: Wisconsin) chipped in 9 points and 5 assists during the contest. The best for the losing side was American point guard Demetrius Jackson (186-94, college: Notre Dame) with 18 points and the former international guard Mindaugas Girdziunas (188-89) scored 15 points. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Zalgiris have a solid three-game winning streak. Defending champion moved-up to second place. Rytas at the other side still keeps top position with one game lost. Zalgiris are looking forward to face Neptunas (#7) in Klaipeda in the next round where they are favorite. Rytas will play on the road against Nevezis (#4) in Kedainiai and is hoping to win this game.

  RYTAS (coach: Giedrius Zibenas)72
  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 +/-
66 ziZVsIj, gRBRUQaus 81 0-9 (96.3%) 8-4 (11.9%) 8-8 (655%) 5 8 8 8 8 4 6 5 5 8 62 67 -1
5 GIudRlIZV, SjdQRT 83 8-1 (44.4%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 8 6 4 8 5 5 5 3 1 -0
83 KaUsajD, KQasUnij 88 6-8 (05%) 8-3 (05%) 8-8 (655%) 5 8 8 5 0 4 6 5 5 8 65 1 5
44 GusUFs, eIVis 86 6-6 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 8 4 0 4 3 4 6 5 5 6 8 9 5
06 muUVRLaZaus, SQjis 67 4-0 (15%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 8 8 3 6 0 5 5 5 5 4 1 5 -7
62 GaQdJaujis, bajdiuDis 88 8-4 (11.9%) 4-9 (38.7%) 8-8 (655%) 5 8 8 8 6 4 5 5 5 4 60 64 -7
9 eidJRLaZaus, GFUas 67 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 8-8 (655%) 4 8 0 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 0 65 -0
6 bZCullIuDh, ChQas 61 3-0 (25%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 8 4 0 5 8 5 6 8 5 8 2 65 -68
61 vFdRVi, wiuULFdis 64 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 5 4 5 8 5 5 3 8 -8 -2
8 maZViusVas, gILas 64 6-8 (05%) 5-4 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 8 4 6 6 6 6 8 8 -4 -1
65 tlRZVis, vuVis  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
64 biQZaulaIjas, SuDusUis  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   85-44 (15.1%) 2-84 (43.2%) 2-65 (25.5%) 65 67 87 68 81 69 7 4 6 67 98 11  


  ZALGIRIS (coach: Tomas Masiulis)84
  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 +/-
99 viuLRQDjR, zIffQRF 81 0-2 (18.0%) 5-5 (5%) 6-6 (655%) 4 4 1 6 4 4 6 6 6 6 66 60 5
65 HiFRs, XaDRl 80 4-1 (05%) 5-8 (5%) 4-3 (90%) 6 8 4 0 4 4 8 5 6 5 7 68 9
35 GQaDIjas, biQaus 83 5-5 (5%) 4-1 (05%) 3-0 (25%) 5 6 6 8 6 0 6 5 5 0 64 68 9
5 WilVup, whIBis 83 6-8 (05%) 8-0 (35%) 6-8 (05%) 5 4 4 8 3 0 8 5 5 6 7 66 6
48 kisUuQai, AURLR 62 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 6
46 zIVuMiaUas, eIVis 85 6-6 (655%) 6-8 (05%) 6-3 (80%) 5 6 6 1 6 8 5 5 5 4 1 9 66
86 baliVjas, SQUuQis 61 5-5 (5%) 4-3 (90%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 7 7 0
83 euMaU, SuDusUajR 60 4-3 (90%) 6-6 (655%) 4-4 (655%) 5 8 8 5 8 3 5 5 5 5 68 60 69
3 vRViLaZaus, vuVis 60 5-8 (5%) 8-9 (82.1%) 1-1 (655%) 5 6 6 8 6 3 5 5 6 3 68 1 66
64 zijVujis, Oiulaus 68 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 5
6 mliJRLaZ, biQRV  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
61 vuVIsaujis, KiQIlas  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   64-84 (01.0%) 64-87 (33.2%) 67-80 (91.5%) 3 61 85 88 69 81 9 6 4 60 23 74  


TOP PERFORMANCE
26MINS26
18POINTS11
2D.REB3
O.REB3
2T.REB6
2ASSISTS1
1STEALS1
0BLOCKS1
66.7% (2/3)3FGP0
71.4% (5/7)2FGP62.5% (5/8)
100% (2/2)FTP100% (1/1)
DEMETRIUS JACKSON
Height: 186 cm / 6'1''
Position: PG
Born: Sep 7, 1994
Team: Rytas (2020-20)
JOFFREY LAUVERGNE
Height: 211 cm / 6'11''
Position: C
Born: Sep 30, 1991
Team: Zalgiris (2020-21)

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)