Lithuanian League, Regular Season, Game 19: March 10-18, 2009
Jonas Maciulis - ZalgirisZalgiris stays undefeated atop the Lithuanian League standings with a 17-0 record. Lietuvos Rytas, that did not play in this round, is right behind with a 15-1 record while Siauliai is third at 13-4. Zalgiris did not find much trouble to beat Techasas 81-116 on the road on Wednesday. Tadas Klimavicius led the winners with 20 points. Dainius Salenga and Jonas Maciulis each added 18, Sarunas Vasiliauskas and Arturas Milaknis had 14 apiece while Paulius Jankunas got 10 for Zalgiris, that led 34-58 at halftime, boosted its margin to 54-88 after 30 minutes and cruised to yet another road win. Siauliai registered back-to-back road wins in this round. On March 10, Siauliai topped Suduva 77-84 behind 15 points from Gintaras Kadziulis and 14 from Gediminas Maceina. Siauliai completed a perfect week by beating Aisciai 89-102 on Wednesday. Andrius Slezas paced the winners with 27 points on 5-for-5 three-pointers. Kadziulis added 20 while Donatas Motiejunas led Aisciai with 27 points. In other games, Neptunas downed Suduva 78-101, Nevezis overwhelmed Techasas 104-60 while Sakalai also beat Techasas 93-99. Arvydas Siksnius led 6 Sakalai players in double digits with 23 points.


LAST GAME GAME 19
March 10-18, 2009
Day Match Result
Mar. 10 Techasas vs. Sakalai 93-99
Mar. 10 Suduva vs. Siauliai 77-84
Mar. 12 Nevezis vs. Techasas 104-60
Mar. 18 Suduva vs. Neptunas 78-101
Mar. 18 Techasas vs. Zalgiris 81-116
Mar. 18 Aisciai vs. Siauliai 89-102
NEXT GAME GAME 20
March 20-22, 2009
Day Match
Mar. 20 K. Triobet vs. Suduva
Mar. 21 Zalgiris vs. Alytus
Mar. 21 Siauliai vs. L. Rytas
Mar. 22 Aisciai vs. Nevezis
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STANDINGS TG W L P+ P-
1 Žalgiris 17 17 0 1530 1197
2 Lietuvos rytas 16 15 1 1627 1141
3 Šiauliai 17 13 4 1510 1285
4 Nevėžis 16 11 5 1346 1237
5 Neptūnas 18 9 9 1541 1573
6 Sakalai 18 8 10 1500 1577
7 Kaunas Triobet 17 6 11 1362 1481
8 Aisčiai 17 6 11 1432 1423
9 Techasas 18 4 14 1418 1695
10 Alytus 16 3 13 1344 1609
11 Sūduva 18 2 16 1249 1643

Thursday, March 19, 2009
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