“Žalgiris” won the “Crvena zvezda” of Belgrade in the overtime match in the 21st round postponed match with the result 103: 98 (23:14, 22:18, 15:35, 28:21, 15:10).
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Due to illness, Sagittarius also missed the previous “Žalgiris” match in the Euroleague.
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Paulus Jankūns spent the last Euroleague match of his career, scoring 13 points and winning seven rebounds. Edgars Ulanovs was the most successful with 18 points, he scored 17 points, gave seven assists and 11 violations were provoked by Luks Lekavičs, but Joshua Nebo added 16 points.
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Ogen Dobrich scored 21 points, Dejan Davidovic scored 18 points and Stefan Markovic scored 14 points.
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Before the match “Žalgirs” the main line-up and the referee held the Ukrainian flag with the inscription “Stop war”. “Crvena zvezda” did not join this call and was whistled from the Kaunas team by fans.
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The Kaunas team with eight victories in 28 games is in the last, 15th position, while the Belgrade team is in the 11th position with 11 successes in 27 battles.
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Also this season, ten countries with 18 teams were represented in the Euroleague, which is the same as in the previous season, but after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, three Russian teams were excluded from the tournament.
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Last season, the champion was Istanbul’s “Anadolu Efes”, which defeated “Barcelona” in the final.
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