08 Feb 2012, 01:06 AM
It seems that Sonny Weems will not stay in Kaunas for much longer after all. Despite boldly stating that the 24-year-old American will not be moving anywhere until the end of the season, Zalgiris should be prepared to lose one of the key players. In a blog at HoopsHype, Weems said that he is likely to return to the NBA already this season and his agent Roger Montgomery is talking with Vladimir Romanov, the owner of Zalgiris, about parting ways with the Lithuanian team.
07 Feb 2012, 10:12 PM
Having defeated Alba in Vilnius a week ago, Lietuvos Rytas came out on top on Tuesday in Berlin as well, taking an 79-62 victory and thereby eliminating the Germans from further contention for a Eurocup quarterfinal spot. The Lithuanian team took the control of the game from the get-go, before pulling ahead to a more substantial lead in the beginning of the second quarter at 30-18, behind a superb performance by Renaldas Seibutis.
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07 Feb 2012, 04:12 PM
Lithuania will play a friendly with the Great Britain basketball team game before the Olympics as both national teams will prepare for the tournament in Houston, thanks to the relations to Houston Rockets from both sides. Great Britain, the hosts of the Olympics, gave a promise to Lithuanian Basketball Federation to warm-up before the Olympics in Houston.
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06 Feb 2012, 09:26 PM
Despite stepping on the heels of Zalgiris for 31 minutes, Neptunas was outclassed by the Lithuanian champions in the final period, as the club from Kaunas came away with a 90-67 (19-20, 26-21, 20-18, 25-8) victory from Klaipeda on Sunday. The hosts had gotten within three points in the beginning of the fourth quarter after Simas Galdikas converted an and-one play, before Zalgiris went on a 14-0 run to decide the outcome of the game.
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04 Feb 2012, 08:07 PM
Lietuvos Rytas strengthened its position in the VTB League standings, easing past Enisey 101-62 (27-16, 23-16, 19-12, 22-18) behind a dominating performance from Jonas Valanciunas in Vilnius on Saturday. Valanciunas scored 21 points, grabbed eight rebounds and added two blocked shots in for the home team, as Lietuvos Rytas improved to a 6-5 record and moved up to the third place in Group B, while Enisey, with a 3-7 record, are eighth.
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04 Feb 2012, 04:43 PM
If a team turned
the ball over 17 times in a game, any coach would probably feel at least a
little bit displeasured by such a performance. In a second ...
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03 Feb 2012, 03:59 PM
Although Donatas Motiejunas has been linked
with a move to Anadolu Efes by Turkish media, it might turn out that these
talks are just unweighed rumors. ...
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03 Feb 2012, 12:09 AM
Having fought hard for three quarters, Zalgiris fell apart in the last
period in Palau Blaugrana, losing 80-94 (18-23, 25-19, 16-21, 21-31) to
Barcelona on ...
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01 Feb 2012, 08:34 PM
Kedainiai Triobet and Rudupis joined
Zalgiris in the Lithuanian Cup Final Four as the two teams won the second leg games
of the quarter-final stage. ...
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01 Feb 2012, 12:38 AM
During the pre-Olympic qualifying tournament in the Venezuelan capital Caracas on Tuesday night, twelve participating teams were allocated into four ...
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01 Feb 2012, 12:02 AM
Lithuania
found out the pre-Olympic qualifying tournaments opponents in a draw held in
the Venezuelan capital Caracas on Tuesday night. Twelve teams were ...
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31 Jan 2012, 08:56 PM
For three quarters, Alba Berlin managed to hang around
in the game thanks to three-pointers. In the last quarter, it was the
long-range shots that ...
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31 Jan 2012, 06:42 PM
Reeves Nelson’s stint with in Lithuania didn’t
last long, as the 20-year-old American is already set to leave Zalgiris after
spending only just more ...
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31 Jan 2012, 05:52 PM
After Lietuvos Rytas decided to pull out of the
Lithuanian Cup, the Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LKF) was left with a
head-scratcher of who should ...
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30 Jan 2012, 07:49 PM
The
starting fives of the Lithuanian League (LKL) All-Star Game, which were
officially announced by the league on Monday, will feature only players ...
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