Sarunas Vasiliauskas in Sarunas Jasikevicius mode

2018-03-03T21:55:36+00:00 2018-03-04T03:26:55+00:00.

Antonis Stroggylakis

03/Mar/18 21:55

Eurohoops.net

There’s a certain responsibility to hold when you’re named “Saras” and you play basketball.

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Sarunas Vasiliauskas had a performance reminiscent of a pretty famous Sarunas (if you ask who, then you’re probably on the wrong website) of Lithuanian basketball to help his team capture a quite important victory tonight.

The 28-year-old Lithuanian guard notched a superb double-double of 26 points plus 10 assists thanks to which Trabzonspor defeated Banvit 88 – 84 to remain close to the playoff zone in the Turkish League.

Vasiliauskas also made four crucial free throws in the row in the final seconds to keep Banvit at a two-possession distance. He made the first pair with the score 86 – 84 and another after Damian Kulig scored for the 86 – 84.

Ridvan Oncel led Banvit in scoring with 17 points.

In the other two games held today for the Turkish League, Darussafaka beat Pinar Karsiyaka on the road behind 18 points by James Bell, while Besiktas passed from Usak vs. Sportif thanks to 17 points plus 8 assists by Cody Lalanne.

Turkish League Results (Saturday 3/3):

HOME

AWAY

CURRENT SCORE

FT

HT

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

USAK SPORTIF

BESIKTAS SOMPO JAPAN

65-75

65-75

38-44

23-20

15-24

7-16

20-15

PINAR KARSIYAKA

DARUSSAFAKA BASKETBOL

71-93

71-93

33-44

16-19

17-25

14-28

24-21

TRABZONSPOR

BANVIT BK

88-84

88-84

47-44

25-22

22-22

18-22

23-18

Turkish League Standings:

#
TEAM
PTS
MP
W
L
POINTS
+/-
1
TOFAS
33
18
15
3
1487 – 1344
143
2
33
18
15
3
1566 – 1308
258
3
BESIKTAS SOMPO JAPAN
33
19
14
5
1490 – 1396
94
4
DARUSSAFAKA BASKETBOL
31
19
12
7
1503 – 1381
122
5
BANVIT BK
30
19
11
8
1479 – 1421
58
6
29
18
12
6
1465 – 1452
13
7
SAKARYA BUYUKSEHIR B.
29
18
11
7
1388 – 1362
26
8
ESKISEHIR BASKET SK
28
18
10
8
1442 – 1452
-10
9
ISTANBUL BUYUKSEHIR B.
26
18
8
10
1431 – 1469
-38
10
TRABZONSPOR
26
19
7
12
1647 – 1710
-63
11
DEMIR INSAAT BUYUKCEKMECE
25
18
7
11
1440 – 1462
-22
12
GALATASARAY ODEABANK
25
18
7
11
1441 – 1426
15
13
PINAR KARSIYAKA
25
19
6
13
1454 – 1586
-132
14
YESILGIRESUN BLD.
23
18
5
13
1408 – 1559
-151
15
USAK SPORTIF
23
19
4
15
1441 – 1567
-126
16
GAZIANTEP BASKETBOL
21
18
3
15
1345 – 1532
-187

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