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Regular Season Game 8 - December 12, 2007 CET: 19:15 Local time: 20:15 - SIEMENS ARENA

Lietuvos Rytas 75 - 62 AJ Milano

REGULAR SEASON, GAME 8

GROUP A

GROUP B

GROUP C

Records

Ave.		Ave.
0-0	Final Four	0-0
0-0	Playoffs	0-0
0-0	Top 16	0-0
5-2	Regular Season	2-5
5-2	Overall	2-5

Referees

Crew Chief

VOREADIS, LAZAROS, Greece

Referee

KOLAR, ROMAN, Slovenia

Umpire

OZOLS, ARNIS, Latvia

Team Stats

Ave.		Ave.
81.0	Points	75.9
34.0	Rebounds	28.1
10.0	O. Rebounds	8.6
24.0	D. Rebounds	19.6
14.0	Assists	11.7
10.7	Steals	9.4
1.4	Blocks	2.0
14.9	Turnovers	12.0
55.6 %	2PT	54.1 %
39.7 %	3PT	34.8 %
80.6 %	FT	73.8 %
90.3	Index	78.7

Team Stats - Lietuvos Rytas

Team Stats - AJ Milano

Player Stats

Ave.		Ave.
17.7 / PRICE, HOLLIS	Points	16.6 / GALLINARI, DANILO
6.4 / PETRAVICIUS, MARIUS	Rebounds	10.0 / WATSON, TRAVIS
3.3 / PETRAVICIUS, MARIUS	OR	3.3 / WATSON, TRAVIS
4.0 / Nielsen	DR	6.7 / WATSON, TRAVIS
4.1 / PRICE, HOLLIS	Assists	2.2 / VUKCEVIC, DUSAN
1.9 / LUKAUSKIS, MINDAUGAS	Steals	2.0 / WATSON, TRAVIS
0.7 / Nielsen	Blocks	0.7 / SESAY, ANSU
3.3 / PRICE, HOLLIS	Turnovers	2.0 / WATSON, TRAVIS
75.0 % / PETRAVICIUS, MARIUS	2PT	72.7 % / BOOKER, MELVIN
60.0 % / MITCHELL, DARREL	3PT	50.0 % / Katelynas
100.0 % / Gecevicius	FT	100.0 % / Aradori
17.6 / PETRAVICIUS, MARIUS	Index	19.4 / WATSON, TRAVIS

Team Roster - Lietuvos Rytas

Team Roster - AJ Milano

THE TAKE

Lietuvos Rytas will try and hold off a dangerous Armani Jeans Milano side when the two teams meet at the Siemens Arena in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Wednesday night. L. Rytas comes into the game tied for first place in Group B with a 5-2 record. Head coach Aleksandar Trifunovic’s charges opened the season with four straight wins, but then dropped back-to-back games before regaining their groove last week against Cibona. Meanwhile coaching and roster changes doomed Milano, which dropped its first four games of the season, but head coach Attilio Caja’s men have now won two of three, including their last two on the road. They’ll try to make it three straight this week. L. Rytas rode a huge game from big man Marijonas Petravicius to bounce Armani Jeans on the road 76-83 when they met in October, but Milano has made may changes since then, including in the starting lineup, where veteran point guard Melvin Booker and teenage forward Danilo Gallinari have arrived and made a huge difference. There has also been a change of note at L. Rytas, where rookie playmaker Jared Jordan has arrived, taking over for the released Darrel Mitchel and looking to make an impact that at the least will allow point guard Hollis Price to lower his team-high 32 minutes played per game. Mindaugas Lukauskis and Arturas Jomantas round out the L. Rytas backcourt, which will challenge Booker, Dusan Vukcevic and reserve Anthony Giovacchini. Milano boasts an active forward duo with Gallinari and Ansu Sesay, while Mindaugas Katelynas adds some depth. However Matt Nielsen and Chuck Eidson make up a mighty tandem of their own, with Kenan Bajramovic providing aid off the bench. Center Petravicius and Michailis Anisimovas complete the L. Rytas rotation, going against Milano’s rebounding ace Travis Watson and Casey Shaw. Milano’s combination of youth and experience has paid dividends recently, however winning in Le Mans Vilnius promises to be a more difficult task that in Le Mans. The visitors biggest weakness could be depth – all five starters played more than 30 minutes last week and four did so in the club’s pervious victory. On the other hand, L. Rytas counters with a rotation that goes 10 deep. Much pressure will sit on Booker, who not only needs to outplay the younger Price and Jordan, but also needs to manage the game in a way to keep his teammates fresh at the end. If he can achieve that task and Gallinari and Vukcevic are hitting from outside, Milano could continue its solid form with another road upset. Nevertheless, L. Rytas’s passionate fan base and its deep roster make it the favorite to continue ita run at the top of the group standings. Tuesday, December 11, 2007 Euroleague.net

Lietuvos Rytas will try and hold off a dangerous Armani Jeans Milano side when the two teams meet at the Siemens Arena in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Wednesday night. L. Rytas comes into the game tied for first place in Group B with a 5-2 record. Head coach Aleksandar Trifunovic’s charges opened the season with four straight wins, but then dropped back-to-back games before regaining their groove last week against Cibona. Meanwhile coaching and roster changes doomed Milano, which dropped its first four games of the season, but head coach Attilio Caja’s men have now won two of three, including their last two on the road. They’ll try to make it three straight this week. L. Rytas rode a huge game from big man Marijonas Petravicius to bounce Armani Jeans on the road 76-83 when they met in October, but Milano has made may changes since then, including in the starting lineup, where veteran point guard Melvin Booker and teenage forward Danilo Gallinari have arrived and made a huge difference. There has also been a change of note at L. Rytas, where rookie playmaker Jared Jordan has arrived, taking over for the released Darrel Mitchel and looking to make an impact that at the least will allow point guard Hollis Price to lower his team-high 32 minutes played per game. Mindaugas Lukauskis and Arturas Jomantas round out the L. Rytas backcourt, which will challenge Booker, Dusan Vukcevic and reserve Anthony Giovacchini. Milano boasts an active forward duo with Gallinari and Ansu Sesay, while Mindaugas Katelynas adds some depth. However Matt Nielsen and Chuck Eidson make up a mighty tandem of their own, with Kenan Bajramovic providing aid off the bench. Center Petravicius and Michailis Anisimovas complete the L. Rytas rotation, going against Milano’s rebounding ace Travis Watson and Casey Shaw. Milano’s combination of youth and experience has paid dividends recently, however winning in Le Mans Vilnius promises to be a more difficult task that in Le Mans. The visitors biggest weakness could be depth – all five starters played more than 30 minutes last week and four did so in the club’s pervious victory. On the other hand, L. Rytas counters with a rotation that goes 10 deep. Much pressure will sit on Booker, who not only needs to outplay the younger Price and Jordan, but also needs to manage the game in a way to keep his teammates fresh at the end. If he can achieve that task and Gallinari and Vukcevic are hitting from outside, Milano could continue its solid form with another road upset. Nevertheless, L. Rytas’s passionate fan base and its deep roster make it the favorite to continue ita run at the top of the group standings.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Euroleague.net

Quotes Head Coaches

TRIFUNOVIC, ALEKSANDAR Lietuvos Rytas "Definitely, Armani Jeans is a totally different team right now than the one it used to be. They also play a different kind of basketball, which is much better. The results in the Italian league and Euroleague do tell a lot. They've changed by bringing Melvin Booker to the point; He influences things more. Also, Gallinari didn't play in our first game in Milan and he's a huge part of this team. He makes their game special. I think Gallinari is one of the top young prospects in Europe. Basically, he's carrying their team. We really have to respect Armani Jeans, but, again, play like we had played before. We have to make another win in front of our fans and I believe we are capable of doing it."

TRIFUNOVIC, ALEKSANDAR

Lietuvos Rytas

"Definitely, Armani Jeans is a totally different team right now than the one it used to be. They also play a different kind of basketball, which is much better. The results in the Italian league and Euroleague do tell a lot. They've changed by bringing Melvin Booker to the point; He influences things more. Also, Gallinari didn't play in our first game in Milan and he's a huge part of this team. He makes their game special. I think Gallinari is one of the top young prospects in Europe. Basically, he's carrying their team. We really have to respect Armani Jeans, but, again, play like we had played before. We have to make another win in front of our fans and I believe we are capable of doing it."

CAJA, ATTILIO AJ Milano "Lietuvos Rytas is playing very well in Euroleague and also in its domestic League, and is the best team in our group. They won in our court playing with great athleticism and aggressiveness, controlling the boards and running very well for fastbreaks and transition. We have to remember the mistakes of that game, and try to put on the floor all the good work we did in the last weeks. If we control the rhythm and try to limit they physical power, we'll have a chance."

CAJA, ATTILIO

AJ Milano

"Lietuvos Rytas is playing very well in Euroleague and also in its domestic League, and is the best team in our group. They won in our court playing with great athleticism and aggressiveness, controlling the boards and running very well for fastbreaks and transition. We have to remember the mistakes of that game, and try to put on the floor all the good work we did in the last weeks. If we control the rhythm and try to limit they physical power, we'll have a chance."

Players

NIELSEN, MATT Lietuvos Rytas "Everything has changed for them in all those weeks. They had a coach for two days when we played in Milan. Armani Jeans now is a completely new team. They've taken new players; they have different plays. Basically, it's just like a new team to the competition. And for us, too. It could be said we didn't play this team yet. I think it's gonna be very different. Looking at their results in the Italian League lately, I suppose they're much better. We really have to be ready because our first game in Milan is so irrelevant compared to this one."

NIELSEN, MATT

Lietuvos Rytas

"Everything has changed for them in all those weeks. They had a coach for two days when we played in Milan. Armani Jeans now is a completely new team. They've taken new players; they have different plays. Basically, it's just like a new team to the competition. And for us, too. It could be said we didn't play this team yet. I think it's gonna be very different. Looking at their results in the Italian League lately, I suppose they're much better. We really have to be ready because our first game in Milan is so irrelevant compared to this one."

SHAW, CASEY AJ Milano "We are expecting a tough game against the best team in our group, Lietuvos Rytas, who already defeated us in the first leg and is a physical team with one of the fastes centers in Europe, Marijonas Petravicius, and a speedy guard like Hollis Price. To win we will have to fight for every ball during the 40 minutes and try to limit our errors to the minimum as we did against Virtus Bologna last week in the Italian League. We have to play with continuity to try to get a win from this tough duel."

SHAW, CASEY

AJ Milano

"We are expecting a tough game against the best team in our group, Lietuvos Rytas, who already defeated us in the first leg and is a physical team with one of the fastes centers in Europe, Marijonas Petravicius, and a speedy guard like Hollis Price. To win we will have to fight for every ball during the 40 minutes and try to limit our errors to the minimum as we did against Virtus Bologna last week in the Italian League. We have to play with continuity to try to get a win from this tough duel."

Lietuvos Rytas will keep sharing first place in Group B - at the least - after it turned back visiting Armani Jeans Milano by 75-62 at home in Vilnius, Lithuania on Wednesday. L. Rytas improved to 6-2 while awaiting the results of Unicaja and Maccabi Tel Aviv, the other two teams with whom it entered the week tied for first place. Milano slipped to 2-6 and will need to win again soon to entertain any slim Top 16 hopes. The visitors gave L. Rytas enough to handle early and tried to threaten in the second half, but never got close enough to challenge for the lead. Marijonas Petravicius again led L. Rytas offensively with 17 points on near-perfect shooting, 6 of 7 two-pointers and 5 of 5 free throws. Hollis Price added 15 points and Mindaugas Lukauskis 12, while Chuck Eidson's stat line read 8 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals. Teenage sensation Danilo Gallinari paced Milano with 16 points, while Ansu Sesay had all of his 14 in the first half and Dusan Vukcevic added 12. L. Rytas started the game strong as Mindaugas Lukauskis fed Matthew Nielsen for an easy bucket, but Melvin Booker answered for Milano at the other end. Milano then found a comfort zone at the three-point arc, where Sesay and Gallinari blasted triples for a quick 4-8 lead. Next, Sesay and Casey Shaw broke through the L. Rytas were not patient enough in defense for layups. So, by the time, Sesay nailed another triple, Milano was up 7-15 and L. Rytas needed a timeout midway through the quarter. The chat helped as Price traded baskets with Sesay, who was soon covered by a different defender, Kenan Bajramovic. In the meantime, Price and Chuck Eidson took care of scoring as L. Rytas made a 7-0 run to make it 16-17. Milano needed the timeout, now, but it proved useless as Bajramovic and Jomantas buried triples as L. Rytas completed a 15-4 run by taking a 22-19 margin after 10 minutes. Bajramovic opened the second quarter with a cozy jumper that Travis Watson matched for Milano, but the former stayed on fire by dunking off a nice dish by Eidson to make it 26-21. Gallinari and Marijonas Petravicius exchanged baskets then but L. Rytas kept improving on the lead as Petravicius converted an assist from Eidson and Price connected from long range as the hosts took the game's first double-digit advantage, 33-23. A rested Sesay came back in and immediately made Milano look livelier but Eidson nailed free throws and Jomantras penetrated maintain a 37-27 advantage. L. Rytas couldn't push it further, though, as points by Anthony Giovacchini and Vukcevic fueled a 0-7 run to get Milano within 37-34. After a timeout, L. Rytas finished quarter strong as Martynas Gecevicius and Price combined for 5 points to fix a 42-34 halftime score. A chaotic minute opened the second half until Gallinari finally made a free throw. L. Rytas couldn't score for more than 2 minutes and Milano took advantage as Watson detonated a massive dunk then got a basket-plus-free throw to pull the guests as close as 43-49. That's when L. Rytas woke up, though, as Nielsen and Lukauskis combined for a thunderous 8-0 run that gave the hosts a solid 51-39 lead midway through the quarter. A full-court press that L. Rytas tried after a timeout didn't help as Vukcevic banged a triple but Jomantas responded with a flashy penetration to which Petravicius added a jumper that kept L. Rtyas in charge at 55-42. Milano tried to hold on with Gallinari nailing a three-pointer but Lukauskis did the very same as the hosts seemed charmed now. New L. Rytas guard Jared Jordan enjoyed his first Euroleague minutes as the third quarter ended with the score fixed at 62-50. Giovacchini opened the decisive quarter with a jumper and free throws as the visitors looked ready for a final push. L. Rytas kept losing the ball and missing shots and was only lucky that Shaw and Gallinari missed three free throws at 62-55. When Gallinari hit a fade-away jumper, however, the margin dropped to just 5 points before Nielsen stepped up wth a difficult basket and defended Mindaugas Katelynas well on the next attack. Nervousness prevailed as turnovers outnumbered points over almost 3 minutes, but Price finally broke the silence with a huge triple that reestablished a double-digit edge, 67-57, with 2 minutes, 30 seconds left. The finishing touch was a basket-plus-free throw by Petravicius, making it clear that L. Rytas was not giving up a home win on this night. Wednesday, December 12, 2007 Gintaras Radauskas - Vilnius

Lietuvos Rytas will keep sharing first place in Group B - at the least - after it turned back visiting Armani Jeans Milano by 75-62 at home in Vilnius, Lithuania on Wednesday. L. Rytas improved to 6-2 while awaiting the results of Unicaja and Maccabi Tel Aviv, the other two teams with whom it entered the week tied for first place. Milano slipped to 2-6 and will need to win again soon to entertain any slim Top 16 hopes. The visitors gave L. Rytas enough to handle early and tried to threaten in the second half, but never got close enough to challenge for the lead. Marijonas Petravicius again led L. Rytas offensively with 17 points on near-perfect shooting, 6 of 7 two-pointers and 5 of 5 free throws. Hollis Price added 15 points and Mindaugas Lukauskis 12, while Chuck Eidson's stat line read 8 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals. Teenage sensation Danilo Gallinari paced Milano with 16 points, while Ansu Sesay had all of his 14 in the first half and Dusan Vukcevic added 12.

L. Rytas started the game strong as Mindaugas Lukauskis fed Matthew Nielsen for an easy bucket, but Melvin Booker answered for Milano at the other end. Milano then found a comfort zone at the three-point arc, where Sesay and Gallinari blasted triples for a quick 4-8 lead. Next, Sesay and Casey Shaw broke through the L. Rytas were not patient enough in defense for layups. So, by the time, Sesay nailed another triple, Milano was up 7-15 and L. Rytas needed a timeout midway through the quarter. The chat helped as Price traded baskets with Sesay, who was soon covered by a different defender, Kenan Bajramovic. In the meantime, Price and Chuck Eidson took care of scoring as L. Rytas made a 7-0 run to make it 16-17. Milano needed the timeout, now, but it proved useless as Bajramovic and Jomantas buried triples as L. Rytas completed a 15-4 run by taking a 22-19 margin after 10 minutes.

Dusan Vuksevic - AJ Milano

Bajramovic opened the second quarter with a cozy jumper that Travis Watson matched for Milano, but the former stayed on fire by dunking off a nice dish by Eidson to make it 26-21. Gallinari and Marijonas Petravicius exchanged baskets then but L. Rytas kept improving on the lead as Petravicius converted an assist from Eidson and Price connected from long range as the hosts took the game's first double-digit advantage, 33-23. A rested Sesay came back in and immediately made Milano look livelier but Eidson nailed free throws and Jomantras penetrated maintain a 37-27 advantage. L. Rytas couldn't push it further, though, as points by Anthony Giovacchini and Vukcevic fueled a 0-7 run to get Milano within 37-34. After a timeout, L. Rytas finished quarter strong as Martynas Gecevicius and Price combined for 5 points to fix a 42-34 halftime score.

A chaotic minute opened the second half until Gallinari finally made a free throw. L. Rytas couldn't score for more than 2 minutes and Milano took advantage as Watson detonated a massive dunk then got a basket-plus-free throw to pull the guests as close as 43-49. That's when L. Rytas woke up, though, as Nielsen and Lukauskis combined for a thunderous 8-0 run that gave the hosts a solid 51-39 lead midway through the quarter. A full-court press that L. Rytas tried after a timeout didn't help as Vukcevic banged a triple but Jomantas responded with a flashy penetration to which Petravicius added a jumper that kept L. Rtyas in charge at 55-42. Milano tried to hold on with Gallinari nailing a three-pointer but Lukauskis did the very same as the hosts seemed charmed now. New L. Rytas guard Jared Jordan enjoyed his first Euroleague minutes as the third quarter ended with the score fixed at 62-50.

Chuck Eidson - Lietuvos Rytas

Giovacchini opened the decisive quarter with a jumper and free throws as the visitors looked ready for a final push. L. Rytas kept losing the ball and missing shots and was only lucky that Shaw and Gallinari missed three free throws at 62-55. When Gallinari hit a fade-away jumper, however, the margin dropped to just 5 points before Nielsen stepped up wth a difficult basket and defended Mindaugas Katelynas well on the next attack. Nervousness prevailed as turnovers outnumbered points over almost 3 minutes, but Price finally broke the silence with a huge triple that reestablished a double-digit edge, 67-57, with 2 minutes, 30 seconds left. The finishing touch was a basket-plus-free throw by Petravicius, making it clear that L. Rytas was not giving up a home win on this night.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Gintaras Radauskas - Vilnius

Referees: VOREADIS, LAZAROS (GRE), KOLAR, ROMAN (SLO), OZOLS, ARNIS (LAT)

Attendance: 10780

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Lietuvos Rytas	22	20	20	13
AJ Milano	19	15	16	12

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Lietuvos Rytas	22	42	62	75
AJ Milano	19	34	50	62

Head coach: TRIFUNOVIC, ALEKSANDAR

Lietuvos Rytas
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	Rebounds			As	St	To	Bl		Fouls		PIR
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
5	SLEZAS, ANDRIUS	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	LUKAUSKIS, MINDAUGAS	21:58	12	0/1	4/8					1	1	1			2		6
10	PRICE, HOLLIS	37:29	15	3/4	3/6			2	2	3	2	5			1	2	14
12	ANISIMOV, MICHAILIS	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	BATISTA, JOAO PAULO	1:08													1		-1
15	PETRAVICIUS, MARIUS	32:18	17	6/7		5/5	2	2	4	1	1				4	6	24
21	JOMANTAS, ARTURAS	24:13	5	1/2	1/2			1	1	2	1	2			4		1
25	JORDAN, JARED	2:31													1		-1
31	GECEVICIUS, MARTYNAS	4:36	2	1/1				1	1						1		2
33	EIDSON, CHUCK	29:13	8	0/5	2/4	2/2	3	5	8	5	4	3			4	1	12
44	NIELSEN, MATT	29:59	7	2/4	0/2	3/4		7	7	1	1	3			1	5	12
51	BAJRAMOVIC, KENAN	16:35	9	2/4	1/2	2/2		2	2			1			1	1	7
	Team							8	8		2						10
	Totals	200:00	75	15/28	11/24	12/13	5	28	33	13	12	15	0	0	20	15	86
				53.6%	45.8%	92.3%

Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating

Head coach: CAJA, ATTILIO

AJ Milano
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	Rebounds			As	St	To	Bl		Fouls		PIR
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG M-A	3FG M-A	FT M-A	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
5	SESAY, ANSU	35:31	14	3/8	2/4	2/2		1	1	1	1	1			2	2	9
8	GALLINARI, DANILO	38:05	16	2/7	2/6	6/10		3	3	1					2	10	15
10	ARADORI, PIETRO	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	SHAW, CASEY	21:14	2	1/4		0/2	1	3	4			1			3	1	-2
12	BOOKER, MELVIN	32:35	4	2/6	0/2		2	4	6	2	3	3			1		5
13	WATSON, TRAVIS	18:46	8	4/7		0/1	1	5	6			5			4	2	3
14	VUKCEVIC, DUSAN	23:53	12	3/4	1/3	3/3						1				2	10
15	KATELYNAS, MINDAUGAS	4:29		0/1				1	1
16	GENTILE, STEFANO	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
18	GIOVACCHINI, ANTHONY	25:27	6	1/1		4/4	1	1	2	1	2	1			3	3	10
	Team						1	3	4		9						13
	Totals	200:00	62	16/38	5/15	15/22	6	21	27	5	15	12	0	0	15	20	63
				42.1%	33.3%	68.2%

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Head Coaches

TRIFUNOVIC, ALEKSANDAR Lietuvos Rytas "I knew that everybody, after our game against Cibona, expected something else like that tonight. But Armani is a different team; so is the game. After two losses, we bounced back with two wins and this is the road we have to go. As the season goes, we want to play as good as possible with even bigger motivation. I'm really happy because my players always stay focused. Being first in a group is not some kind of an obligation. Still, tonight we did a poor job working with Sesay. I'm not satisfied with that and a lack of agressiveness, too. Armani Jeans is really different now. They now have guys who can produce toughness and decide games."

TRIFUNOVIC, ALEKSANDAR

Lietuvos Rytas

"I knew that everybody, after our game against Cibona, expected something else like that tonight. But Armani is a different team; so is the game. After two losses, we bounced back with two wins and this is the road we have to go. As the season goes, we want to play as good as possible with even bigger motivation. I'm really happy because my players always stay focused. Being first in a group is not some kind of an obligation. Still, tonight we did a poor job working with Sesay. I'm not satisfied with that and a lack of agressiveness, too. Armani Jeans is really different now. They now have guys who can produce toughness and decide games."

CAJA, ATTILIO AJ Milano "We had a pretty good game against a very good team both tactically and physically. We did a decent job. We were down only by five points in the game and were really close to grabbing a win. Our game plan was to keep to keep their fastbreak game down and I think we did it. Just as we stopped their main rebounders. But, still, we missed our chances during whole game. Both Gallinari and Jomantas, who had a micro match-up tonight, are very good players. It's just that Gallinari is so talented that one can miss what he does throughout the game. Jomantas is a really physical guy but in terms of talent, Gallinari is better."

CAJA, ATTILIO

AJ Milano

"We had a pretty good game against a very good team both tactically and physically. We did a decent job. We were down only by five points in the game and were really close to grabbing a win. Our game plan was to keep to keep their fastbreak game down and I think we did it. Just as we stopped their main rebounders. But, still, we missed our chances during whole game. Both Gallinari and Jomantas, who had a micro match-up tonight, are very good players. It's just that Gallinari is so talented that one can miss what he does throughout the game. Jomantas is a really physical guy but in terms of talent, Gallinari is better."

Players

EIDSON, CHUCK Lietuvos Rytas "It was a crazy game from the very beginning until the very end. I'm so happy we won, especially because it was so tough for me personally there. Everybody played pretty well and deserved this win. They came out really strong and we have to give them credit for that. Sesay was so good at first that I even thought he didn't even hit a rim while scoring. He was really hot. But later, Matt and Kenan did a good job to cool Sesay down. Moreover, everybody stepped up defensively. When we play defense like that, we can win every game. Overall, it was a crazy and kinda weird game with so many stupid turnovers."

EIDSON, CHUCK

Lietuvos Rytas

"It was a crazy game from the very beginning until the very end. I'm so happy we won, especially because it was so tough for me personally there. Everybody played pretty well and deserved this win. They came out really strong and we have to give them credit for that. Sesay was so good at first that I even thought he didn't even hit a rim while scoring. He was really hot. But later, Matt and Kenan did a good job to cool Sesay down. Moreover, everybody stepped up defensively. When we play defense like that, we can win every game. Overall, it was a crazy and kinda weird game with so many stupid turnovers."

BOOKER, MELVIN AJ Milano "We didn't finish up well despite being as close as five points behind. We simply didn't do a good job at the end. Now we have to go and get ready for the next game. After a strong first quarter, they intensified their defense and I think it paid off. Well, we scored too, so I would say it was pretty much an even game. The game may have seemed a bit chaotic and that's what happens when both teams play good defense."

BOOKER, MELVIN

AJ Milano

"We didn't finish up well despite being as close as five points behind. We simply didn't do a good job at the end. Now we have to go and get ready for the next game. After a strong first quarter, they intensified their defense and I think it paid off. Well, we scored too, so I would say it was pretty much an even game. The game may have seemed a bit chaotic and that's what happens when both teams play good defense."

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