Lithuanian League Finals, Game 3: May 13, 2012 - Lithuania

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Lithuanian League Finals, Game 3: May 13, 2012

Zalgiris Kaunas Champ Lithuanian League 2011-12 (photo lkl.lt)

Zalgiris claimed its second straight Lithuanian League championship in Sunday, beating archival Lietuvos Rytas 90-84 in Kaunas to sweep the best-of-seven finals. Zalgiris controlled the boards, outrebounding archrival rytas 35-21 to stay out front in the close contest. While Zalgiris could never pull ahead by more than single digits, they never surrendered the lead, taking a 47-44 halftime lead and padding it slightly in the second half. Marko Popovic starred for the hosts with 20 points and 6 assists, while Tomas Delininkaitis netted 19 and Robertas Javtokas added 14. Paulius Jankunas also grabbed a game-leading 10 rebound for the winners. Rytas got 24 points and 8 rebounds from Renaldas Seibutis and 14 points from Steponas Babrauskas.

Record	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
3	Zalgiris (1) - Final	71	86	90	x	x
0	Lietuvos Rytas (2)	56	76	84	x	x
1	Siauliai (3) - 3rd place	91	55	81	64
3	Rudupis (4)	93	87	61	79
Lithuanian League Champion 2011-12: Zalgiris Kaunas

Finals Playoffs and 3rd place round games
Game 1	Zalgiris vs. Lietuvos Rytas	71-56	May 6
Game 1	Siauliai vs. Rudupis	91-93	May 5
Game 2	Lietuvos Rytas vs. Zalgiris	76-86	May 10
Game 2	Rudupis vs. Siauliai	87-55	May 7
Game 3	Zalgiris vs. Lietuvos Rytas	90-84	May 13
Game 3	Siauliai vs. Rudupis	81-61	May 9
Game 4	Rudupis vs. Siauliai	79-64	May 12