They defeated Red Star by two points in a very intense clash
Zalgiris wins their match with a basket made in a second
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JORGE QUIROGA
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He Zalgiris keeps the leader in check Barcelona with the same balance, 5-1… miraculously. He won a match with a amazing actiona basket that the Lithuanian team It was manufactured in just 1.3 for the final honk. He shock was there all the time on the wire with an equality that lasted until the last seconds of the game.
The sequence of events is as follows: With 31 seconds left, Syvain Francisco scored a basket of two that put the Zalgiris to three, 82-79. The play ended with a basket and a foul, but the Frenchman missed the additional free throw. Then, on the next possession, Uros Plavsicauthor of the foul and also of the defensive rebound, scored in the Lithuanian hoop (82-81).
Again Francis was the protagonist because he was the target of a foul on the part of Codi Miller-McIntyre and this time the point guard did score both shots (84-81). 11 seconds left. In the next play he himself Miller-McIntyre He scored a huge triple that tied the score at 84 with 1.3 remaining. There was downtime Trenchalthough it seemed that the extension was inevitable.
An accurate throw-in Ulanovas ended with the ball in the hands of the veteran Bryant Dunston after a rehearsed play. He took advantage of the Serbs’ defensive error Dunston to throw with six tenths left. The ball went into the basket Red Star when the horn signaled the end of the game and madness took over the Zalgirio Arena.
