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Lietuvos Rytas 151

 

First blood to Zalgiris

The clash of the big two in Vilnius ended with a win for the visitors as reigning LKL champions Zalgiris Kaunas won 82-84 against Lietuvos Rytas. The LKL season, which is pleasantly sane this year, saw it’s first clash of the traditional powers on Sunday as Zalgiris Kaunas went to Vilnius and came away with […]

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A happy separation for the VTB United League?

The withdrawal of the Lithuanian clubs from the VTB United League, following on from the departure of Ukrainian clubs, has left the pan-national league looking essentially like Russia and fodder but this may not be all that bad, writes Emmet Ryan. From day one money was the main motivation behind the VTB United League and […]

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VTB League: CSKA cruise, more heartbreak for Neptunas

Neptunas are doing everything they can to be the lovable underdog of the VTB United League but CSKA Moscow remain the class of the league. Lietuvos Rytas meanwhile secured an important win over Lokomotiv Kuban, just four days before the sides meet again in Euroleague. Omar Cook had 7 assists and Juan Palacios scored 12 […]

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Euroleague thrillers see wins for Lietuvos Rytas and Lokomotiv Kuban

There was high drama in Group D on Thursday night while Anadolu Efes continued a fine start for the Turkish contingent in Euroleague. A dramatic finish saw Lietuvos Rytas scrape past Panathinaikos 84 – 83 thanks to Renaldas Seibutis sinking a jumper with 5.5 seconds remaining in overtime in the Eurolague Game of the Week. […]

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Round-up: Nanterre perfect, Siena can shoot, Neptunas fall in OT

Reigning champions Nanterre maintained their perfect start in France. In Italy, Montepaschi Siena showed they won’t lose many games for lack of shooting and in the VTB United League it was a heartbreaking debut for Lithuania’s Neptunas. They were the Cinderella story of European Basketball last year but JSF Nanterre has begun the 2013-14 LNB […]

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Round-up: Siena take Supercoppa, fight in Lithuania, Nanterre and Strasbourg squeeze out wins

Four Euroleague teams returned to domestic action on Tuesday night. In Italy, Montepaschi Siena took the Supercoppa, while there were league wins for JSF Nanterre and Strasbourg IG in France. Lietuvos Rytas also won in the LKL but their victory at Juventus was marred by a brawl. After a one and done display in the […]

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Euroleague: Lietuvos Rytas end BC Telenet Ostend’s Cinderella story

It looked in doubt for much of the first half but eventually Lietuvos Rytas booked their place in the Euroleague regular season with a 75-66 victory over BC Telenet Ostend. Give Lietuvos Rytas 7 competent minutes and they will give you nightmares. That’s what BC Telenet Ostend found out in the first half of their […]

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Euroleague: Lietuvos Rytas end BC Telenet Ostend's Cinderella story

It looked in doubt for much of the first half but eventually Lietuvos Rytas booked their place in the Euroleague regular season with a 75-66 victory over BC Telenet Ostend. Give Lietuvos Rytas 7 competent minutes and they will give you nightmares. That’s what BC Telenet Ostend found out in the first half of their […]

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No (Ost)End to the drama at Euroleague Qualifiers

Lietuvos Rytas and BC Telenet Ostend secured their places in the Euroleague qualifying round final with victories today. The home side rode a monster day from Martynas Gecevicius to their win over EWE Oldenburg while Ostend delivered a heap of drama before finally edging Banvit Bandirma 82-80. Ostend did everything in their power to undo […]

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Euroleague: Seibutis shines as Lietuvos Rytas beat VEF Riga 80-71

The home side pulled out a hard-earned victory in Vilnius to advance to the semi-finals of the Euroleague Qualifying tournament. Wait, didn’t EuroBasket end a couple of weeks ago? The Latvian team lived and died by the three while Renaldas Seibutis came up big to give the Lithuanians victory. Lietuvos Rytas took the lead early […]

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Podcast: Interview with Team Poland/Lietuvos Rytas coach Dirk Bauermann

Episode #39 of the weekly “Taking the Charge” podcast series is now available online. Co-host David Hein and BiE have kept this one mercifully (relatively) short. Recorded directly after game three of the San Antonio Spurs-Miami Heat NBA championship – not to mention directly thereafter game two of the Liga Endesa finals, game two of […]

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Nike International Junior Tournament: Day three roundup

Just over two hours remain before Spain’s Europe’s top youth teams face off in the Nike International Junior Tournament championship game, and so follows a recap of yesterday’s action which ultimately saw FC Barcelona and Joventut Badalona advance, as provided by Net Scouts. The shows that these teams put on in facing a variety of […]

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