Zalgiris - Lietkabelis 103-93Zalgiris made 25-of-28 free shots (89.3 percent) during the game. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 25 assists. The best player for the winners was international power forward
Azuolas Tubelis (211-2002, college:
Arizona) who had a double-double by scoring 20 points and 10 rebounds. American center
Moses Wright (207-1998, college:
Georgia Tech) chipped in 25 points and 5 rebounds. At the other side the best for losing team was Estonian point guard
Kristian Kullamaee (193-1999) who recorded 22 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists and the former international
Paulius Danusevicius (205-2001) added 15 points and 6 rebounds respectively. Four
Zalgiris and five
Lietkabelis players scored in double figures. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games.
Top scorers:Zalgiris: W.Moses 25+5reb, T.Azuolas 20+10reb+3ast, F.Sylvain 14+2reb+6ast, G.Dovydas 10+3reb+1ast, U.Edgaras 10+2reb+1ast, W.Nigel 9+2reb+5ast
Lietkabelis: K.Kullamaee 22+5reb+4ast, P.Danusevicius 15+6reb+1ast, N.Radicevic 13+6ast, L.Mutic 11+1reb+2ast, J.Furmanavicius 10+4reb, D.Bickauskis 9+4ast
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Neptunas - Juventus 102-84Neptunas outrebounded
Juventus 34-20 including 22 on the defensive glass.
Neptunas shot the lights out from three nailing 12 long-distance shots on high 60.0 percentage. It was a good game for the former international point guard
Arnas Velicka (195-1999) who led his team to a victory with 20 points and 6 assists. The former international
Donatas Tarolis (205-1994) contributed with 15 points for the winners. American forward
Maxwell Lewis (201-2002, college:
Pepperdine) answered with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists (on 8-of-9 shooting from the field) and swingman
Lukas Uleckas (199-1999) added 12 points in the effort for Juventus. Four
Neptunas and five
Juventus players scored in double figures. Both coaches tested many bench players and allowed the starting five to rest.
Top scorers:Neptunas: V.Arnas 20+4reb+6ast, G.Mindaugas 16+2reb+1ast, T.Donatas 15+4reb+1ast, W.Zane 14+4reb, C.Harrison 8+2reb+1ast, S.Karlis 8+3reb+1ast
Juventus: M.Lewis 23+5reb+4ast, P.Valinskas 13+1reb+4ast, L.Uleckas 12+4reb+3ast, H.Diarra 10+2reb+1ast, S.Beniusis 10+2reb, S.Evaldas 5+1reb
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