May 26, 2012
Baltic League, Game 12-2: December 26-28, 2006
Joao Paolo Batista - Lietuvos Rytas Lietuvos Rytas finished 2006 in style by getting back-to-back road wins away over Atletas Kaunas and Panevezys to stay atop the Baltic League group B table with an 11-1 record. Rytas downed Atletas 59-88 on Wednesday behind 29 points on 12-of-17 two-pointers from Joao Paulo Batista. He also grabbed 12 rebounds for a double-double. Mindaugas Lukauskis added 14 points, Darius Pakamanis had 11 while Janis Blums scored 10 points and dished 4 assists for the winners. On Thursday, Rytas had to battle harder than expected to beat Panevezys 79-90 in come-from-behind fashion. Panevezys led by as many as 14 points, 39-25, early in the second quarter, but Rytas managed to rally and seal the win long before the final buzzer. Matt Nielsen led the way with a double-double of 27 points and 14 rebounds. Batista added 23 points and 10 rebounds for his second double-double in as many games, Lukauskis had 17 points while Roberts Stelmahers dished 9 assists for Rytas. In other games, Barons topped Sakalai 63-75, Nevezis of Lithuania outlasted Tartu Rock of Estonia 98-90, Lacplesa Alus of Latvia got a thrilling 84-87 road win over Siauliai while ASK Riga bested Panevezys 69-78.


LAST GAME GAME 12 - December 16-28, 2006
DayMatchResult
Dec. 16Ventspils vs. ASK Riga68-73
Dec. 18Barons vs. Siauliai73-61
Dec. 19Neptunas vs. Barons68-77
Dec. 22Sakalai vs. Barons63-75
Dec. 22Nevezis vs. Rock98-90
Dec. 22Siauliai vs. Lacplesa Alus84-87
Dec. 23Panevezys vs. ASK Riga69-78
Dec. 27Atletas vs. Lietuvos Rytas59-88
Dec. 28Panevezys vs. Lietuvos Rytas79-90
NEXT GAME GAME - January 5-7, 2007
DayMatch
Jan. 5Barons vs. Lietuvos Rytas
Jan. 5Siauliai vs. Ventspils
Jan. 6Panevezys vs. Atletas
Jan. 6Rock vs. Nevezis
Jan. 6Lacplesa Alus vs. Sakalai
Jan. 6Zalgiris Kaunas vs. ASK Riga
Jan. 6Lietuvos Rytas vs. Siauliai
Jan. 7Kalev/Cramo vs. Neptunas


STANDINGSTGWLP+P-
Group A
1Zalgiris 121201090920
2Barons/LMT 1275883868
3Siauliai 1266865871
4Lacplesa Alus 12579681007
5Neptunas 12579821004
6Kalev/Cramo 1248923942
7Sakalai 12399111011

Group B
1Lietuvos Rytas 121111055785
2ASK Riga 12102932827
3Ventspils 1275991888
4Rock 1257937958
5Nevezis 1248939996
6Panevezys 1239912978
7Atletas 122108011135
Thursday, December 28, 2006
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