June 18, 2013

      BALTIC LEAGUE 

Baltic League, Final Four, Final: April 26, 2008
Zalgiris is the Baltic League champion! (Photo: Zalgiris Kaunas) Zalgiris Kaunas is the Baltic League champion! Zalgiris edged Lithuanian League rival Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius 84-86 on Saturday in Siauliai, Lithuania, to win the competiton for the first time. L. Rytas had defeated Zalgiris in the final in each of the last two seasons. After Hollis Price tied the game from the line with 4 seconds remaining, the final seemed destined for overtime. But DeJuan Collins had other plans and slashed through the L. Rytas defense for a game-wining layup at the buzzer. Zalgiris and Collins dominated early, with the point guard scoring 17 as Zalgiris took a 12-28 lead after 10 minutes. L. Rytas was able to cut the deficit to 40-48 by halftime and a Chuck Eidson slam made it a 5-point game early in the third period. Zalgiris recovered and a Marcus Brown triple soon restored a double-digit lead as the score settled at 59-67 after three periods. But L. Rytas never quit and came back in the end behind big men Matt Nielsen and Kenan Bajramovic, who hit a three to tie the game at 82-82 with 10 seconds remaining. Goran Jurak put Zalgiris up by 2 from the line only to see Price equal him with 4 seconds left. Just as it seemed that the game was ehaded for an extra five minutes, Collins had the last word and ignited the Zalgiris celebrations. Collins finished with 29 points and Brown added 24 for Zalgiris. Eidson and Bajramovic netted 16 each, Price scored 15 and Nielsen had 14 for L. Rytas in defeat. MORE

Final Four in Siauliai, Lithuania - Final
Record Team Game 1
0 Lietuvos Rytas (1) - Final 84
1 Zalgiris Kaunas (2) - Final 86
0 Barons/LMT (4) - 3rd Place 82
1 ASK Riga (3) - 3rd Place 96
Baltic League Champion 2007-08: Zalgiris Kaunas

Final Four in Siauliai, Lithuania - semifinals
Record Team Game 1
1 Lietuvos Rytas (1) 89
0 Barons/LMT (4) 73
1 Zalgiris Kaunas (2) 100
0 ASK Riga (3) 82

Playoffs 2nd round, best of 2 games
Record Team Game 1 Game 2
2, +13  ASK Riga (3) 62 79
0, -13 Kalev/Cramo (7) 56 72
1, +2 Barons/LMT (4) 84 73
1, -2 Siauliai (5) 90 65

Playoffs 1st round, best of 2 games
Record Team Game 1 Game 2
1, +23 ASK Riga (3) 52 96
1, -23 Nevezis (-) 54 71
0, -30 Ventspils (6) 55 68
2, +30 Kalev/Cramo (7) 70 83
2, +9 Siauliai (5) 85 70
0, -9  Rock (8) 83 63
2, +18 Barons/LMT (4) 77 70
0, -18 VEF Riga (-) 67 62

Final Four games
Game 1 Lietuvos Rytas vs. Barons/LMT - semifinal 89-73 April 25
Game 1 Zalgiris Kaunas vs. ASK Riga - semifinal 110-82 April 25
Game 2 Barons/LMT vs. ASK Riga - 3rd place 96-82 April 26
Game 2 Lietuvos Rytas vs. Zalgiris - Final 84-86 April 26

2nd round games
Game 1 Siauliai vs. Barons/LMT 90-84 April 4
Game 1 Kalev/Cramo vs. ASK Riga 56-62 April 5
Game 2 Barons/LMT vs. Siauliai 73-65 April 12
Game 2 ASK Riga vs. Kalev/Cramo 79-72 April 11

1st round games
Game 1 Nevezis vs. ASK Riga 54-52 March 27
Game 1 Rock vs. Siauliai 83-85 March 22
Game 1 Kalev/Cramo vs. Ventspils 70-55 March 25
Game 1 VEF Riga vs. Barons/LMT 67-77 March 27
Game 2 ASK Riga vs. Nevezis 96-71 March 29
Game 2 Siauliai vs. Rock 70-63 March 29
Game 2 Ventspils vs. Kalev/Cramo 68-83 March 29
Game 2 Barons/LMT vs. VEF Riga 70-62 March 30

STANDINGS TG W L P+ P-
1 Lietuvos Rytas 18 17 1 1539 1301
2 Zalgiris 18 15 3 1588 1392
3 ASK Riga 18 13 5 1384 1264
4 Barons/LMT 18 11 7 1487 1438
5 Siauliai 18 10 8 1485 1478
6 Ventspils 18 8 10 1382 1325
7 Kalev/Cramo 18 6 12 1383 1431
8 Rock 18 5 13 1335 1455
9 Valmiera 18 3 15 1336 1545
10 Neptunas 18 2 16 1307 1597


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