The guaranteed victory in the third match of the round of 3 series was achieved by the basketball players of Kaunas "Žalgirio-XNUMX", who at home 91:61 (24:13, 32:11, 15:20, 20:17) crushed the Vilnius "Ryto-MRU" team.
In the series up to three victories, Kaunas are leading 2:1.
The home team laid the foundations for victory in the first half of the match, during which the Žalgiris team gained a 32-point lead (56:24).
In the third quarter, the Vilnius team managed to somewhat stabilize the situation in the match and did not allow their rivals to increase their advantage even more. However, "Žalgiris-3" did not allow their advantage to be doubted during the entire match and will try to win a ticket to the quarterfinals in the next match.
For the winners, Mantas Kočanas scored 18 points, Aleksas Bieliauskas scored 14, Thomas Bassong added 11 points.
Artūras Vilutis scored 15 points for Ryto-MRU team, Erikas Sirgedas scored 11, Ignas Urbonas added 10 points.
The fourth match of the series will be held in Vilnius on April 12.
The winner of this pair will meet the basketball players of Kėdainiai Sports Center in the quarterfinals.
