Vidas Ginevicius made his return and helped Lietuvos Rytas defeat Techasas 95:74 on the road in a Lithuanian League (LKL) game, played in Panevezys on Sunday.
Dejan Borovnjak had 19 points and 6 assists and Martynas Gecevicius had 14. Vidas Ginevicius spent 27 minutes on the court, scoring 13 points, grabbing 3 rebounds and dishing out 4 assists, as well as blocking 2 shots and making 4 turnovers. Aron Baynes collected 12, as Lukas Brazdauskis added 11.
Laimonas Lukosevicius had a team-leading 19 points and Mindaugas Sakalauskas added 14, while Tomas Cerneckis and Ernestas Ezerskis score 13 and 12 respectively for Techasas.
Lietuvos Rytas relied mostly on its substitutes, as Bojan Popovic did not step on the court and was given a rest. Aron Baynes, Milko Bjelica and Arturas Jomantas also played very sporadicaly. Donatas Zavackas is out with a foot injury and the coach Kurtinaitis was saving him for Euroleague action.
Dejan Borovnjak and Justas Sinica led the visitors to a 12 point advantage after the first quarter - 28:16.
Lukas Brazdauskis hit a couple of shots from further out in a row and the Lietuvos Rytas were already ahead by 19. Techasas wasn't to give up that easily and reduced the deficit to single digits after a 10:0 run - 31:40.
The club from Vilnius came out of the break more concentrated and took the advantage to a safer distance. However, Techasas mounted yet another comeback, nailing to triples and later adding two from closer in to trail only by 10 - 61:71.
The final quarter was a different story, as Techasas' leaders fouled out and Lietuvos Rytas cruised to a well-earned victory.
