Zalgiris’ big man from Serbia Boban Marjanovic collected 15 points in the first half alone to finish the game with a total of 21 and only two missed shots, while Tadas Klimavicius had an even better game with 23 points and only a single miss.
Arturas Milaknis collected 13 points for the Greens, Paulius Jankunas and Mantas Kalnietis shared 12 each as Marcus Brown added 10.
“We played after a difficult week. Having won in Euroleague, we didn’t have many players today. Watson and Kuzminskas are ill, Collins has some problems with his shoulder and Pocius – with his knees, therefore we gave more playing time to other players, who will have a free day tomorrow to get some rest,” said Zalgiris coach Ilias Zouros after the win.
Mantas Ruikis had a game-high 24 points for the visiting Neptunas and Valdas Vasylius collected 19 while Luke Bonner and Martynas Mazeika also made it to double-figures with 10 points each.
