Lietuvos Rytas bounce back in Pasvalys
After picking up an unexpected loss in Kedainiai last week, Lietuvos Rytas returned to winning ways in the Betsafe LKL, while Juventus put their early-season struggles in the rear-view mirror as they collected their second victory in a row on Saturday.
There wasn't much Pieno Zvaigzdes could put against a strong road performance from Lietuvos Rytas in Pasvalys, as the visitors from the capital ran away with an 87-73 victory.
The Rimas Kurtinaitis-coached side got their breakthrough in the second quarter, as they raced out to a double-digit lead and never looked back, with Jimmy Baron leading the way with a team-high 16 points.
Rokas Giedraitis collected 12 points, while Loukas Mavrokefalidis chipped in with 11 points and 5 rebounds in limited playing time, with minutes spread pretty evenly between the 10 players that played for Lietuvos Rytas.
A big individual performance by Vyacheslav Bobrov, who scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, was not enough to Pieno Zvaigzdes in the game.
The win allowed the currently fourth-placed Lietuvos Rytas to improve to a 7-3 mark in the standings, with the Pasvalys side one step of the ladder below in fifth place with a 4-5 record.