It was a wake up call for Zalgiris, and after Beard and Jonas Maciulis answered with back-to-back triples, a wild dunk by Darjus Lavrinovic charged up the crowd. Barcelona reacted by bringing Navarro off the bench and it paid off soon as he made layup but Zalgiris got its rhythm back with free throws from Maciulis and a fastbreak basket off the steal by Ginevicius that cut the difference down to single digits, 38-47, at halftime. Navarro opened the third quarter with a free throw but Zalgiris came fresh from the break as red-hot Maciulis led a 7-0 run with a three-pointer and a layup. By the time Zalgiris looked inside twice in a row for Beard, the hosts had an 11-3 run and had pulled to within 49-50. Navarro and Marconato combined for 4 points to keep Barcelona ahead.
Darjus Lavrinovic paced Zalgiris with 20 points and Tanoka Beard had 19 and 11 rebounds, while Jonas Maciulis had 13. Zalgiris controlled the opening tip but it was Denis Marconato who opened the scoring with a mid-range jumper, to which Bootsy Thornton added a basket to put the visitors ahead 0-4. Zalgiris got only a free throw from Reggie Freeman before Shammond Williams drilled a three-pointer and Navarro a basket in penetration. to make it 1-9 for the guests.
Serapinas got free throws for Zalgiris but Cota matched him for Barcelona. Despite a big block by Lavrinovic, Barcelona succeeded in pulling away again with a 0-5 run led by Cota and Rodrigo De La Fuente that reestablished a double-digit lead, 53-64. Serapinas drove inside for a flashy layup and Lavrinovic connected from the high post for Zalgiris, but the visitors still had a 59-68 advantage after 30 minutes.
Game Recap: Zalgiris Kaunas vs FC Barcelona in Round 29 3:44In a game that went back and forth for almost full four quarters, BC Žalgiris Kaunas rallied in the fourth
Barcelona continued its shooting spree on offense as Navarro initiated a 0-7 run with a fastbreak basket and Fucka added a shot in the low post. Navarro's next basket came with a free throw that provided Barcelona a 17-point lead, 19-36. Anderson hit a difficult jumper then saw the guy he replaced, Ed Cota, score for Barcelona, which soon got a triple from Mikailis Kakiouzis for a whopping 21-41 lead before a fragile Zalgiris defense.
Freeman finally got through Barcelona's man-to-man defense for a layup and Kenny Anderson hit his second-chance triple after Paulius Jankunas rebounded the first for Zalgiris. Barcelona answered with a layup by Thornton before Anderson dished to Beard and Simonas Serapinas drove for what became a three-point play, pulling the hosts within 10-14. In response, Navarro and Williams went wild, splitting 3 three-pointers between them while Jankunas hit his own for the hosts. When Gregor Fucka scored his first basket, Barcelona had its biggest lead, 15-27, which Zalgiris could only trim with free throws by Beard to 17-27 after 10 minutes. Vidas Ginevicius started the second quarter for Zalgiris with free throws that cut the margin to single digits, 19-27, but Thornton copied him on the very next possesion.
Zalgiris Kaunas v Barcelona LIVE 22. 12. 2023 | Basketball Follow Zalgiris Kaunas v Barcelona 22. 12. 2023 live - livescore, H2H stats, latest results and more information on Flashscore.
Zalgiris vs Barcelona H2H - Livescore Zalgiris vs Barcelona H2H. « Back | Yesterday | Today | Live | My Games | Finished | Not Started | Tomorrow | Predictions ...
