May 26, 2012
Baltic League, Phase 2, Game 3: January 16-21, 2007
Marcelo Machado - Zalgiris Kaunas Zalgiris Kaunas took the big showdown in the Baltic League this week by downing archrivals Zalgiris Kaunas 78-88 on Saturday in front of 10,500 fans at Siemens Arena to become the only unbeaten team in the second phase of the competition. Zalgiris improved to 2-0 while Rytas dropped to 2-1. Marcelinho Machado led the winners with 21 points. Tanoka Beard posted a double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds, Paulius Jankunas had 15 points while Jonas Maciulis pulled down 10 boards for Zalgiris. Andrius Slezas had 23 points for Rytas while Arturas Jomantas and Joao Paulo Batista each added 12. Zalgiris led 19-23 after 10 minutes and used a 0-8 run to extend its margin to 40-46 at halftime. Machado shined in the third quarter to boost Zalgiris' lead to 56-68 after three quarters. Rytas managed to get within 68-72, but three-pointers made the difference for Zalgiris down the stretch. Ventspils improved to 1-1 by downing ASK Riga 83-93 on the road on Thursday. Eddie Shannon paced the winners with 24 points, Dalron Johnson added 19 and Kaspars Cipruss 14. Ventspils controlled the game since the early going, and even when Riga tied it at 77-77, Shannon and Johnson took over in the final 5 minutes to make the perennial Latvian champs get their first win in this round. Ventspils dropped to 1-2 due to a 65-74 home loss against Barons/LU on Saturday. Curtis Marshall had 15 points for Barons, while Pavel Veselovs also had 15 for Ventspils. In other games played throughout the week, Sakalai topped Panevezys 85-78, Nevezis beat Neptunas 94-82 while Rock beat Atletas 91-94. On Saturday, Neptunas beat Lacplesa Alus 89-83, Nevezys edged Panevezys 80-76 while Kalev thrashed Atletas Kaunas 112-63 behind 32 points from Travis Reed. On Sunday, Siauliai topped ASK Riga 98-90.


LAST GAME GAME 3 - January 16-21, 2007
DayMatchResult
Jan. 16Sakalai vs. Panevezys85-78
Jan. 16Nevezis vs. Neptunas94-82
Jan. 16Atletas vs. Rock91-94
Jan. 18ASK Riga vs. Ventspils83-93
Jan. 20Ventspils vs. Barons/LMT65-74
Jan. 20Rock vs. Sakalai95-81
Jan. 20Neptunas vs. Lacplesa Alus89-83
Jan. 20Nevezis vs. Panevezys80-76
Jan. 20Lietuvos Rytas vs. Zalgiris Kaunas78-88
Jan. 20Kalev/Cramo vs. Atletas112-63
Jan. 21Siauliai vs. ASK Riga98-90
NEXT GAME GAME 4 - January 23-27, 2007
DayMatch
Jan. 23Lietuvos Rytas vs. Ventspils
Jan. 23Atletas vs. Neptunas
Jan. 27Kalev/Cramo vs. Rock
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STANDINGS 2 PHASETGWLP+P-
Division I
1Zalgiris 220179167
2Lietuvos Rytas 321247213
3Siauliai 321250252
4Barons/LMT 312207220
5Ventspils 312227239
6ASK Riga 413341360

Division II
1Rock 440382326
2Kalev/Cramo 330323245
3Nevezis 431345326
4Neptunas 422370377
5Sakalai 312246261
6Lacplesa Alus 413329382
7Panevezys 413333330
8Atletas 404309390
Sunday, January 21, 2007
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