Lietuvos Rytas took an important victory in the VTB League playoffs, defeating Nizhny Novgorod 64-60 (23-16, 11-10, 15-18, 15-16) on the road in Russia to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series.
Renaldas Seibutis had 14 points, Steponas Babrauskas and Mindaugas
Katelynas scored 10 points each, while Arturas Jomantas added 9 points and 6
rebounds for the visitors from Vilnius.
Semion Antonov led Nizhny Novgorod with 18 points and 11 rebounds, Primoz
Brezec scored 15 points and grabbed 9 boards, while Ivan Paunic finished the
game with 12.
