By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
A comfortable win for Zalgiris, the 15th in a row against Uniclub Bet – Juventus. The dominating display fueled by Lukas Lekavicius resulted in an 84-67 victory in Zalgirio Arena on Sunday.
Helping establish a double-digit lead, the 30-year-old guard rushed in 12 points in the first half of the Betsafe LKL Regular Season contest. Connecting 7/12 field goals, including three triples, he ended up with a game-high 18 points.
Youngster Mantas Juzenas scoring his first LKL points went up to 12 points with 4/7 field goals to go with three rebounds, two assists, and one block over 21 minutes.
Arnas Butkevicius added 12 more points and Ignas Brazdeikis threw in 11 points. Brady Manek registered eight points alongside five rebounds and two assists.
For the Utena outfit, Laurynas Beliauskas and Arnaldo Toro Barea stood out with 14 and 13 points, respectively.
Besides Tomas Dimsa in rehab over recent months after undergoing shoulder surgery, Bryant Dunston and Alen Smailagic were ruled out by the team based in Kaunas due to injuries from the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague contest opposite AS Monaco on Friday.
Behind a seventh win over the last eight showings between the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and the top-flight division of Lithuania, the team coached by Andrea Trinchieri improved to 5-2 at the domestic level. Up to a league-high 6-1, defending LKL champion Rytas routed CBet, 94-74, in Jonava Sports Arena on Sunday.
STANDINGS: Rytas 5-1, Zalgiris 5-2, Neptunas 5-2, 7bet-Lietkabelis 4-3, Wolves Twinsbet 4-3…
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