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Baltic League, Phase 2, Game 1: January 5-7, 2007 |
Lietuvos Rytas started the second stage of the Baltic League season in style by recording back-to-back wins over Barons and Siauliai to move into first place of the Division I table with 2-0 record. Zalgiris Kaunas also started on the right foot by edging ASK Riga 91-89, while Ventspils had a bitter debut, topped 82-69 by Siauliai. Matt Nielsen led L. Rytas against Barons by scoring 15 points in the 55-76 victory. Arturas Jomantas pulled down 8 boards, Roberts Stelmahers dished 7 assists and Mindaugas Lukauskis scored 10 points. Against Siauliai, a 28-17 run to start the second half launched L. Rytas to a 93-70 win. Nielsen scored 16, Jomantas 15 and Andrius Slezas 14 for the winners. Zalgiris led 51-35 at halftime, but went down to the wire to beat ASK Riga in the end. Vytenis Jasikevicius connected on a free throw to make it 91-89 and Curtis Millage of Riga missed the potential game-winning triple. Marcelinho Machado chipped in 20 for Zalgiris, while Tanoka Beard amassed 15 with 10 rebounds, and Jonas Maciulis 15 with 5. Siauliai led 38-35 at halftime and increase its advantage over Ventspils to 60-52 after 30 minutes and controlled the game in the last quarter. Arvydas Ceoulis led Siauliai with 24 points, while Ventpsils had 15 by Justin Love and 11 from Kaspars Cipruss.
| LAST GAME GAME 1 - January 5-7, 2007 | | Day | Match | Result | | Jan. 5 | Barons vs. Lietuvos Rytas | 55-76 | | Jan. 5 | Siauliai vs. Ventspils | 82-69 | | Jan. 6 | Panevezys vs. Atletas | 87-70 | | Jan. 6 | Rock vs. Nevezis | 83-74 | | Jan. 6 | Lacplesa Alus vs. Sakalai | 88-80 | | Jan. 6 | Zalgiris Kaunas vs. ASK Riga | 91-89 | | Jan. 6 | Lietuvos Rytas vs. Siauliai | 93-70 | | Jan. 7 | Kalev/Cramo vs. Neptunas | 109-104 |
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| NEXT GAME GAME 2 - January 9-14, 2007 | | Day | Match | | Jan. 9 | Nevezis vs. Atletas | | Jan. 9 | Rock vs. Lacplesa Alus | | Jan. 10 | Neptunas vs. Panevezys | | Jan. 13 | ASK Riga vs. Barons/LMT | | Jan. 14 | Kalev/Cramo vs. Lacplesa Alus | | - | | | - | | | - | |
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| STANDINGS | TG | W | L | P+ | P- | | Division I | | | | | | | 1 | Lietuvos Rytas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 169 | 125 | | 2 | Zalgiris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 89 | | 3 | Siauliai | 2 | 1 | 1 | 152 | 162 | | 4 | ASK Riga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 91 | | 5 | Barons/LMT | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 76 | | 6 | Ventspils | 1 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 82 | |
Division II | | | | | | | 1 | Rock | 1 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 74 | | 2 | Kalev/Cramo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 108 | 104 | | 3 | Lacplesa Alus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 80 | | 4 | Panevezys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 70 | | 5 | Nevezis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 83 | | 6 | Atletas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 87 | | 7 | Neptunas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 108 | | 8 | Sakalai | 1 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 88 |
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