Lithuanian League, Game 16: March 25-29, 2008 - LITHUANIA

May 23, 2013

Lithuanian League, Game 16: March 25-29, 2008

Nothing changed atop the Lithuanian League standings, as Lietuvos Rytas became the regular season champion at 17-0 with Zalgiris Kaunas mathematically second at 15-2. L. Rytas did not find much trouble to down Neptunas 100-78 on Thursday behind 22 points from Andrius Slezas. Martynas Gecevicius added 14 while Kenan Bajramovic had 13 for the winners, that led 48-42 at halftime. Gecevicius, Slezas and free throws by Mindaugas Lukauskis allowed L. Rytas to seal the outcome, 79-63, after three quarters. Meanwhile, Zalgiris thrashed Alytus 86-119 on the road also on Thursday. Paulius Jankunas paced the winners with 26 points on 9-for-10 two-pointers. Goran Jurak added 17, Jonas Maciulis had 15, Mamadou Ndiaye 12, Damir Markota 11 while Mantas Kalnietis and Arturas Milaknis each got 10 points for Zalgiris, that led 46-53 at halftime and had broken the game open, 62-91, after 30 minutes. Zalgiris added an 87-80 home win against Arvi - Suduva on Saturday. Kalnietis led the winners with 17 points, Jankunas and Marcus Brown each added 14, Ndiaye got 13 while Maciulis had 11 for Zalgiris. Suduva got within 78-77 with less than 2 minutes remaining but a triple by Maciulis and 4-for-4 free throws by Kalnietis helped Zalgiris to seal the outcome. Siauliai finished third with a 12-6 record by downing Techasas 82-75 at home on Tuesday. Antonio Grant led the way for Siauliai with 22 points, Donatas Zavackas added 15, Marius Prekevicius had 12, Virgilijus Praskevicius 11 and Gediminas Maceina 10. Siauliai trailed 70-75 with 5 minutes to go but capped the game with a 12-0 run to grab a big win. In other games, Alytus downed Sakalai 72-85.

LAST GAME GAME 16 March 25-29, 2008
Day	Match	Result
Mar. 25	Neptunas vs. Zalgiris	54-104
Mar. 25	Nevezis vs. Lietuvos Rytas	52-88
Mar. 25	Siauliai vs. Techasas	82-75
Mar. 27	Alytus vs. Zalgiris	86-119
Mar. 27	Lietuvos Rytas vs. Neptunas	100-78
Mar. 29	Zalgiris vs. Suduva	87-80

NEXT GAME GAME 17 April 1, 2008
Day	Match
Apr. 1	Sakalai vs. Nevezis
Apr. 1	Suduva vs. Techasas
Apr. 1	Atletas vs. Neptunas
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	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Lietuvos rytas	17	17	0	1656	1182
2	Žalgiris	17	15	2	1647	1282
3	Šiauliai	18	12	6	1535	1445
4	Alytus	17	10	7	1475	1584
5	Neptūnas	16	7	9	1261	1379
6	Techasas	16	5	11	1225	1378
7	Sakalai	16	5	11	1278	1406
8	Nevėžis	16	5	11	1230	1330
9	Aisčiai-Atletas	16	4	12	1254	1383
10	Arvi - Sūduva	17	3	14	1353	1545