Almost eight minutes no point for Zalgiris
The game started very energetically, both teams were equal on the offensive. Alba was mostly ahead, but only just. In the second quarter, however, Zalgiris lost the thread and they didn’t score for almost eight minutes. Alba was able to break away with a 13:0 run. However, they also failed to rush any further at this stage.
After the change of sides, Zalgiris came into play more offensively and now hit his long-range shots. The hosts, on the other hand, found it more difficult and the lead dwindled to three points (53:50). Alba held against it with an intensive defensive. The decision then came 75 seconds before the end when Smith scored to make it 80:73.
Source: dpa