VTB League: Lokomotiv demolish Zalgiris in Kaunas 26 may 2013
Eurobasket.com
Zalgiris — Lokomotiv 63:85
Lokomotiv demolish Zalgiris in Kaunas to tie the Semifinal series at 1-1. The Russian team won the second game of the series 85:63 and now will head to Krasnodar for another two games.
The game was mostly controlled by Lokomotiv. Zalgiris managed to win second period 18-17. But it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. Lokomotiv dominated down low during the game scoring 58 of its points in the paint compared to Zalgiris' 34. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 26 assists comparing to just 13 passes made by Zalgiris' players. The best player for the winners was Derrick Brown (203-F-87, college: Xavier) who scored 23 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists (on 11-of-13 shooting from the field). Valery Likhodey (205-F-86, agency: INVICTUS Sports Group) chipped in 17 points. Five Lokomotiv players scored in double figures. Darjus Lavrinovic (212-C-79) produced 12 points and 6 rebounds and American guard Oliver Lafayette (188-G-84, college: Houston) added 9 points and 6 assists respectively for the hosts.
Zalgiris: Darjus Lavrinovic 12, Adas Juskevicius (194-G/F-89) 11, Oliver Lafayette 9, Mindaugas Kuzminskas (205-F-89) 8
Lokomotiv: Derrick Brown 23, Valery Likhodey 17, Richard Hendrix (204-C/F-86, college: Alabama) 12, Mantas Kalnietis (195-PG-86, agency: Interperformances) 10, Nick Calathes (198-PG-89, college: Florida) 10
The game was mostly controlled by Lokomotiv. Zalgiris managed to win second period 18-17. But it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. Lokomotiv dominated down low during the game scoring 58 of its points in the paint compared to Zalgiris' 34. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 26 assists comparing to just 13 passes made by Zalgiris' players. The best player for the winners was Derrick Brown (203-F-87, college: Xavier) who scored 23 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists (on 11-of-13 shooting from the field). Valery Likhodey (205-F-86, agency: INVICTUS Sports Group) chipped in 17 points. Five Lokomotiv players scored in double figures. Darjus Lavrinovic (212-C-79) produced 12 points and 6 rebounds and American guard Oliver Lafayette (188-G-84, college: Houston) added 9 points and 6 assists respectively for the hosts.
Zalgiris: Darjus Lavrinovic 12, Adas Juskevicius (194-G/F-89) 11, Oliver Lafayette 9, Mindaugas Kuzminskas (205-F-89) 8
Lokomotiv: Derrick Brown 23, Valery Likhodey 17, Richard Hendrix (204-C/F-86, college: Alabama) 12, Mantas Kalnietis (195-PG-86, agency: Interperformances) 10, Nick Calathes (198-PG-89, college: Florida) 10
Source
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