Zalgiris finish LKL regular season on high note by downing Juventus Utena / News - Basketnews.com

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Zalgiris Kaunas (26-4) prevailed over Juventus Utena (15-15), 84-76 (21-19, 14-17, 24-28, 25-22), in the last match of the Lithuanian Basketball League regular season.

Free throws this season

80%11,5Points made:11,5Accuracy:80,0%Place in standings:11Record max:35Record min:4Most made FTs:Lukas LekavičiusTeamEuroLeagueStatisticsSchedule

EuroLeague's squad finished second in the standings, while Rytas Vilnius captured the first spot. Zalgiris will meet Neptunas Klaipeda in the best-of-five quarterfinals series.

Zalgiris turned 8 points third-quarter deficit (38-46) into a 59-54 lead after 30 playing minutes. The Greens opened up the last quarter with a 7-0 spurt and never looked back (66-54).

Edgaras Ulanovas had 16 points (5/6 2PT, 1/4 3PT, 3/5 FT), 2 rebounds, 3 assists, and 12 PIR for the winners.

Zalgiris: Edgaras Ulanovas 16, Mantas Kalnietis 12, Tyler Cavanaugh 9 (7 REB).

Juventus: Rokas Gustys 26 (9 REB), Patrick Miller 21, Martynas Gecevicius 11.

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