By Yiannis Bouranis/ info@eurohoops.net
Zalgiris Kaunas will now have to play without its leader, Renaldas Seibutis, for the next four weeks. The Lithuanian guard has a fractured finger and will miss not only the last two matches of Euroleague’s first phase, which will determine whether his team will finish third or fourth in group C, but also the beginning of the top-16, which is expected to be very difficult and competitive.
In addition, Lietuvos Ritas center Arturas Gudaitis, who would be out of action for 2-3 weeks, didn’t undergo surgery and, as a matter of fact, was available to play in the match against Juventus for the Lithuanian League two days ago.