A night to remember: Zalgiris Kaunas salute Paulius Jankunas with overtime win against Crvena Zvezda / News - Basketnews.com

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Lithuanian side Zalgiris Kaunas (8-20), in the last European game of Paulius Jankunas's career, celebrated a big win against Serbian side Crvena Zvezda (11-16). After a thrilling ending and overtime, the Lithuanian side won with the final score of 103-98 (23-14, 22-18, 15-35, 28-21, 15-10).

Player of the Game EFF 26 Lukas Lekavičius Points 17 Accuracy 5-11 Rebounds 2 Assists 7

In the overtime, with an amazing atmosphere in the Kaunas arena, Zalgiris gave a strong push at the beginning with two consecutive threes from Paulius Jankunas and Edgaras Ulanovas, giving the Lithuanian side a 7-point lead (97-90)

But when the game looked almost over, Tyler Cavanaugh beat the buzzer with a fantastic three-pointer to tie the game and sent it to overtime (88-88).

A three-pointer from Stefan Markovic and then a powerful dunk by Nikola Kalinic gave Crvena Zvezda a five-point lead with one minute remaining (85-80).

Zalgiris Kaunas started the final quarter better than Crvena Zvezda and with just a little bit over 3 minutes remaining, Paulius Jankunas tied the game with a three-pointer (78-78).

After closing the first half with a 13-point lead (45-32), Zalgiris struggled to maintain the same intensity in the second half. The third quarter was completely dominated by Crvena Zvezda. The Serbian side scored 35 points, with Dejan Davidovac and Ognjen Dobric leading the way. Zvezda entered the final quarter with a 7-point lead (67-60).

Zalgiris Kaunas controlled the first quarter, looking definitely more inspired and energetic than Crvena Zvezda. Josh Nebo provided 8 points in the first 10 minutes with the Lithuanian side looking almost unstoppable around the rim. Zalgiris led by 9 at the end of the first quarter (23-14).

Edgaras Ulanovas was the top scorer for Zalgiris Kaunas with 18 points (5/8 2PT, 2/4 3PT, 2/2 FT), 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 23 PIR.

For Crvena Zvezda, on the other hand, the top scorer was Ognjen Dobric with 21 points (4/10 2PT, 3/7 3PT, 4/6 FT), 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and 23 PIR.

Zalgiris Kaunas: Edgaras Ulanovas 18 (7 REB), Lukas Lekavicius 17 (7 AST), Josh Nebo 16, Paulius Jankunas 13 (7 REB), Tyler Cavanaugh 12 (5 REB)

Crvena Zvezda: Ognjen Dobric 21, Dejan Davidovac 18, Stefan Markovic 14, Nikola Kalinic 12 (7 REB), Aaron White 11,

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