Tyler Cavanaugh delivers 20 points, guides Zalgiris to a comfortable win in local competition / News - Basketnews.com

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Zalgiris Kaunas (9-1) defeated Juventus Utena (7-3) 101-77 (18-21, 19-26, 23-11, 41-19) to join Rytas Vilnius at the top of the Lithuanian Basketball League table.

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Juventus built a 13-point lead at the end of the second quarter (43-30). However, at the start of the second half, Zalgiris were raining threes and came back to the game. The Greens organized a 15-4 push and got in front by one point (52-51).

The game went back and forth but Zalgiris opened the last period with a 17-7 run to completely take control of the game in their hands (77-65).

For the winners, Tyler Cavanaugh was very effective, accumulating 20 points (5/8 2PT, 1/4 3PT, 7/7 FT), 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 blocks, and 26 PIR.

Regimantas Miniotas made his debut with Zalgiris jersey and scored 5 points over 2.5 minutes of playing.

Zalgiris: Tyler Cavanaugh 20, Lukas Lekavicius 15, Tai Webster 13, Zoran Dragic 10, Arturas Milaknis 8.

Juventus: Patrick Miller 17, Rokas Gustys 14, Martynas Gecevicius 13, Vytautas Sulskis 12, Ignas Vaitkus 10.

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