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Zalgiris ease past Lietuvos Rytas

05 Sep 2012, 09:46 PM
Simonas Baranauskas, LithuaniaBasketball.com


Zalgiris Kaunas had no problems against Lietuvos Rytas in the first Super Cup game, taking an 89-71 (27-19, 21-11, 23-18, 18-23) victory against their rivals from Vilnius in Zalgiris Arena. 

  • You can check out the moments from the game in our photo gallery.

Although, the guests got a way to a quicker start, going ahead 8-4 after a couple of minutes of the game, Zalgiris raced back to tie the game immediately and never looked back.

After a 15-0 run in the second quarter, the Greens increased their lead to 44-27, before increasing the advantage to 27 points in the second half.

Paulius Jankunas and Tadas Klimavicius had 13 points each, with the latter also adding 8 rebounds, Tremmell Darden finished the game with 10 points, while Rimantas Kaukenas had nine.

For Lietuvos Rytas, Janis Blums was the top-scorer with 12 points, Mindaugas Katelynas scored 11, while Renaldas Seibutis also had 11, but added 5 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals.

The second game of the Super Cup will be played in Vilnius on September 17, where Lietuvos Rytas will try to erase an 18-point deficit from the first meeting.

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