Lietuvos Rytas bounced back from the loss
against Lokomotiv-Kuban in Eurocup on Tuesday and defeated the Russian side 84-63 (15-18, 25-7, 25-23, 19-15) in the VTB League, in the second meeting
between the two teams in five days.
The win allowed the Lithuanian team (8-5) to
pull away from Lokomotiv in the VTB League standings, moving up to the third
place in Group B behind CSKA and Spartak, while the Russians are fourth with a
7-6 record.
Renaldas Seibutis led the home side with 19
points, Aleksandar Rasic scored 17, while Jonas Valanciunas managed to collect
a big double-double of 15 points and 12 rebounds, despite going only 9-of-14 from the free-throw line.
For Lokomotiv, Sergey Bykov had 14 points,
Jeremiah Massey scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, while Ali Traore got
into early foul trouble, but still had a productive game with 11 points.
