Real Madrid lost 81-72 to Zalgiris Kaunas in the Euroleague. an equal duel until the last moments the local team managed to break it for sure.

He started the game with only 7 points in 3.5 minutes. unovas Y Muse Top scorers of both teams. Lithuanians scored five of the host’s first seven points, and Bosniaks scored the first thirteen of the whites’ seven points.

The room that opened the confrontation also had a small area for relevant statistics, because pans He defeated Bryant Dunston to become the best shooter in EuroLeague history. However, he didn’t just contribute defensively to the Cape Verdean center who scored six points after the first ten minutes.

Home Tavares was his response to the Spanish team’s problems in attack from the perimeter, scoring zero points in his first seven team tries. Zalgiris suffered less in this respect, and that’s exactly tripled. cavanaugh a 10-2 run to be five ahead (30-25).

Every once in a while ‘street oop’ Llull and Poirier, Yabusele’s basket and Musa’s work Real Madrid’s first trio forced a break, putting an end to the local moment of inspiration. It was good for Kazys Maksvytis’ men, who returned 0-7 with a 7-0, closing with a three-pointer from Butkevicius. The same drug was written in the other ring. hezoniaMinimized Madridista damage at halftime (37-35).

The broadcast hit didn’t stay in the locker room because Cornelie and the Smiths they traded bullets at the dawn of the third quarter. Hezonja also joined the party to prevent the home team from escaping and started a streak of seven missed points between Croatia and Tavares that culminated from the free throw line.

When everything is balanced once again, give and take Even at a time when Real Madrid closed the gap by five points. Between Ulanovas and Evans, they short-tied the outside opponent and resisted the blow.

Cavanaugh, who signed two triples in a row in the first minutes of the match, was not far behind. decisive room and two more to win seven of the top nine. Luckily for the Spaniards, Llull also came back from afar, and with Poirier’s offensive work the Whites blocked a potentially dangerous gap at that point in the game.

They clogged the wound there, but a Zali, who made the audience nervous, continued to score at a moment when the opponent stopped scoring. between this one unsportsmanlike At Tavares, where the Lithuanians took the gold, the local advantage increased to eight points. From there, it was enough for Zalgiris to rule to seal the victory.

– Data sheet

81 – Zalgiris Kaunas (18+19+19+25): Evans (21), Giedraitis (2), Hayes (0), Smits (7), Ulanovas (17) -top five-, Dimsa (3), Lukosiunas (-), Birutis (4), Cavanaugh (15), Butkevicius (12), Krivas (-).

72 – Real Madrid (21+14+20+17): Williams-Goss (4), Hezonja (17), Cornelie (5), Moses (22), Tavares (8) -five starts- Abalde (1), Sergio Rodríguez (2), Poirier (6), Llull (3) , Yabusele (4), Ndiaye (-).

referees: Robert Lottermoser (ALE), Piotr Pastusiak (POL) and Uros Obrknezevic (SRB). not deleted

events: The match, corresponding to the fourteenth day of the Euroleague, was played in front of approximately 14,000 spectators at the Zalgirio Arena in Kaunas (Lithuania).