On Friday, the teams of Kaunas “Žalgiris” and Vitorija “Baskonia“, in addition to Latvian basketball players Jānis Strēlnieks and Artūrs Kurucs, suffered losses in the 23rd round of the ULEB Euroleague.
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Kurucam is prevented from playing with the Covid-19 infection found on Sunday, but Sagittarius continues to treat the leg’s thigh muscle injury.
“Žalgiris” lost to Milan’s AX Armani Exchange Olimpia with a result of 58:65 (20:20, 10:19, 15:15, 13:11).
Mareks Blaževičs and Luks Lekavičs scored 13 points for the Kaunas team, while Malcolm Deleinijs and Devons Hall scored 12 points for the Milanese team.
Vitoria’s basketball players, on the other hand, acknowledged the superiority of Panathinaikos in Athens with a score of 63:75 (8; 22, 12:16, 12:19, 31:18), with the Greek club stopping a series of five losses.
Nine players could be used in the Baskonia rotation, the best of which was Type Boldwin with 16 points and eight assists. Steven Enoch scored another 11 points and 11 balls under the baskets, but Roks Giedraitis and Simone Fontekjo scored 12 + 8 and 11 + 6 in these statistics.
Nemanja Nedovičs scored 16 points for Jerathija Evans and Okaro White for 12 points.
“Baskonia” with seven victories in 21 games takes the 15th place, but three places below the last column is occupied by the team “Žalgiris”, which has won three of the 19 matches.
On Friday, the leader of the tournament “Real” in Madrid won the “Monaco” in the second extension with the result 90:84 (16:18, 19:16, 21:23, 10: 9, 9: 9, 15: 9).
Gerson Jabuse scored 18 points and ten rebounds for Madrid, but ten points and 14 balls under the baskets went to Wensan Poitiers, while Tom Ertel scored ten points and nine assists.
Dwayne Bakon and Alfa Djallo scored 19 points for the home team, Danilo Andžušičs added 14 points, and Donāts Motiejūns finished the game with ten points and 11 rebounds.
Meanwhile, in a duel between two Russian teams in Moscow’s CSKA rivalry field, Kazan “Unics” was disappointed with 86:75 (16:20, 21:12, 27:25, 22:18).
Alexei Swede scored 27 points for the Muscovites, Nikol Milutinov had 17 points and seven rebounds, but Will Klaibērn scored 16 points. In the ranks of opponents, Mario Hezonja scored 21 points and nine rebounds, while Lorenzo Brown had the same number of points and nine assists.
In another game, two German teams met Bayern Munich and Alba Berlin, with the Munich team winning 62:56 (16:16, 10: 8, 15:20, 21:12).
Vladimir Lucich was convincingly the most productive with 19 points in the Munich team, while Maodo Lo and Jelin Smith scored 13 points for the guests from Berlin.
Also this season, ten countries with 18 teams are represented in the Euroleague, which is the same as in the previous season. The teams will play in a two-lap tournament, with the top eight entering the playoffs. The Euroleague champion will be determined in Berlin, where the final four tournament will take place.
Last season, the champion was Istanbul’s “Anadolu Efes”, which defeated “Barcelona” in the final.
