Lithuanian League, Game 15: March 31, 2007
Marko Popovic Zalgiris Zalgiris is now the exclusive leader atop the Lithuanian League standings and showed its power for the upcoming Baltic League final four by thrashing archrivals Lietuvos Rytas 90-69 in Vilnius on Saturday. Zalgiris improved to 14-1 while Rytas dropped to 12-2 and keeps reading ready for the ULEB Cup final. Jonas Maciulis led the winners with 23 points on 4-of-6 three-pointers. Paulius Jankunas added 15, Marko Popovic had 14, DeJuan Collins 11, Tanoka Beard 10 while Loren Woods grabbed 12 rebounds for Zalgiris. Tomas Delininakitis had 13 points for Rytas, Mindaugas Lukauskis added 11 and Marijonas Petravicius 10. Maciulis and Beard helped Zalgiris to get a 23-14 lead after 10 minutes. Maciulis and Popovic fueled a 16-2 run that allowed Zalgiris to make it a 20-point game, 50-30, at halftime. Rytas never recovered and a solid Zalgiris cruised to a well-deserved win. In the other game in this round, Sakalai beat Atletas 78-55 behind 21 points from Rolandas Matulis.


LAST GAME GAME 15 - March 31 - April 3, 2007
DayMatchResult
Mar. 31Sakalai vs. Atletas78-55
Mar. 31Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Lietuvos Rytas90-69
Apr. 3Sakalai vs. Lietuvos Rytas-
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NEXT GAME GAME 16 - April 6-7, 2007
DayMatch
Mar. 6Nevezis vs. Sakalai
Mar. 6Suduva vs. Zalgiris Kaunas
Mar. 6Atletas vs. Neptunas
Mar. 6Lietuvos Rytas vs. Panevezys
Mar. 7Neptunas vs. Siauliai


STANDINGSTGWLP+P-
1Zalgiris Kaunas1514113751061
2Lietuvos Rytas141221254923
3Siauliai159612331213
4Neptunas148611801166
5PanevÄ—zys158711891170
6NevÄ—zis157811981234
7Sakalai145910711193
8Suduva1521310871229
9Atletas1511410051403

Saturday, March 31, 2007
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