Lithuanian League, Regular Season, Game 6-7: November 5-9, 2008

Zalgiris and Lietuvos Rytas registered consecutive wins this week and keep tying atop the Lithuanian League standings, each with a 6-0 record. L. Rytas did not find much trouble to thrash Kaunas Triobet 62-106 on the road on Friday. Mindaugas Lukauskis led the winners with 23 points. Martynas Gecevicius added 16, Marijonas Petravicius had 11 while Milko Bjelica got 10 for L. Rytas, that led 33-38 at halftime but rolled after the break to add its fifth Lithuanian League win this season. L. Rytas improved to 6-0 by overwhelming Aisciai 108-50 behind 16 points each from Gecevicius and Steponas Babrauskas. Donatas Zavackas added 15, Bjelica had 13 and Michailas Anisimovas 11 in an easy home win for L. Rytas. Meanwhile, Zalgiris survived a tough test by edging Siauliai 66-76 on the road on Saturday. Jonas Maciulis paced the winners with 17 points. Dainius Salenga added 16, Paulius Jankunas had 15 while Zygimantas Janavicius got 10 for Zalgiris. Both teams were tied at 59-59 with 8 minutes to go, but Salenga and Jankunas took over to win it for Zalgiris. The reigning Lithuanian League champion topped Nevezis 90-75 in Kaunas on Sunday behind 20 points and 10 rebounds for Jankunas. Tadas Klimavicius also posted a double-double of 19 points and 12 rebounds, Mantas Kalnietis had 16 points and Salenga 15 for Zalgiris. In other games, Suduva edged Alytus 75-76 on a game-winning layup by Marius Runkauskas on Sunday. Neptunas edged Techasas 94-98 on Saturday behind 30 points from Martynas Mazeika. On Wednesday, Kaunas Triobet edged Aisciai 85-87, Techasas beat Suduva 73-76, Neptunas thrashed Alytus 103-72 while Nevezis downed Sakalai 89-81.

LAST GAME GAME 6-7 November 5-9, 2008 Day Match Result Nov. 9 Zalgiris vs. Nevezis 90-75 Nov. 8 Lietuvos Rytas vs. Aisciai 108-50 Nov. 8 Siauliai vs. Zalgiris 66-76 Nov. 8 Alytus vs. Suduva 75-76 Nov. 7 Techasas vs. Neptunas 94-98 Nov. 7 K. Triobet vs. L. Rytas 62-106 Nov. 5 Aisciai vs. K. Triobet 85-87 Nov. 5 Suduva vs. Techasas 73-76 Nov. 5 Nevezis vs. Sakalai 89-81 Nov. 5 Neptunas vs. Alitus 103-72

NEXT GAME GAME 8 November 18-22, 2008 Day Match Nov. 18 Sakalai vs. Siauliai Nov. 18 Zalgiris vs. K. Triobet Nov. 19 Alytus vs. Techasas Nov. 21 Neptunas vs. Siauliai Nov. 21 Sakalai vs. L. Rytas Nov. 22 Aisciai vs. Zalgiris Nov. 22 Techasas vs. K. Triobet Nov. 22 Suduva vs. Nevezis

STANDINGS TG W L P+ P- 1 Lietuvos rytas 6 6 0 625 389 2 Žalgiris 6 6 0 526 453 3 Neptūnas 6 4 2 540 503 4 Nevėžis 7 4 3 541 565 5 Šiauliai 5 3 2 401 371 6 Kaunas Triobet 6 3 3 482 508 7 Sakalai 5 2 3 410 437 8 Alytus 7 2 5 598 693 9 Aisčiai 6 1 5 454 525 10 Techasas 6 1 5 483 563 11 Sūduva 6 1 5 422 475