Lithuanian League, Regular Season, Game 8-9: November 18-22, 2008 - LITHUANIA

May 25, 2013

Lithuanian League, Regular Season, Game 8-9: November 18-22, 2008

Zalgiris sits atop the Lithuanian League standings with a 8-0 record, while Lietuvos Rytas right behind and also undefeated at 7-0. Both teams aer set to face each other in the next round on December 6. Zalgiris did not find much trouble to edge Aisciai 71-84 on the road on Saturday. Jonas Maciulis led the winners with 21 points. Mantas Kalnietis added 19, Tadas Klimavicius had 12 while Dainius Salenga got 10 for Zalgiris. Klimavicius added 12 boards for a double-double. Zalgiris trailed 67-66 with 4 minutes to go, but Kalnietis had 12 points in a 0-15 run that sealed the outcome. Meanwhile, Lietuvos Rytas thrashed Sakalai 75-105 on the road on Friday, three days before hosting the Eurocup opening game in Vilnius. Chuck Eidson led the winners with 20 points. Milko Bjelica added 16, Matt Nielsen had 12, Marijonas Petravicius got 11 while Mindaugas Lukauskis and Justinas Sinica each contributed 10 for L. Rytas, that already led 64-82 after three quarters. In other games, Techasas topped Kaunas Triobet 82-77, Nevezis beat Suduva 70-76 while Siauliai edged Neptunas 83-93 behind 28 points from Gintaras Kadziulis.

LAST GAME GAME 8 November 18-22, 2008
Day	Match	Result
Nov. 18	Sakalai vs. Siauliai	74-80
Nov. 18	Zalgiris vs. Kaunas Triob.	84-77
Nov. 19	Alytus vs. Techasas	80-93
Nov. 21	Neptunas vs. Siauliai	83-93
Nov. 21	Sakalai vs. Lietuvos Rytas	75-105
Nov. 22	Aisciai vs. Zalgiris	71-84
Nov. 22	Techasasvs. Kaunas Triobet	82-77
Nov. 22	Suduva vs. Nevezis	70-76

NEXT GAME GAME 9 December 5-7, 2008
Day	Match
Dec. 5	Nevezis vs. Neptunas
Dec. 6	Kaunas Triobet vs. Alytus
Dec. 6	Siauliai vs. Suduva
Dec. 6	Lietuvos Rytas vs. Zalgiris
Dec. 7	Aisciai vs. Sakalai
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	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Žalgiris	8	8	0	694	601
2	Lietuvos rytas	7	7	0	730	464
3	Šiauliai	7	5	2	574	528
4	Nevėžis	8	5	3	617	635
5	Neptūnas	7	4	3	623	595
6	Techasas	8	3	5	658	720
7	Kaunas Triobet	8	3	5	636	674
8	Sakalai	7	2	5	559	622
9	Alytus	8	2	6	678	787
10	Sūduva	7	1	6	492	551
11	Aisčiai	7	1	6	525	609