«Zalgiris» Kaunas, Lithuania vs. «Krasnye Krylia» Samara, Russia

In the match of VTB United League debutants of the tournament «Krasnye Krylia» offered resistance to one of the favorites - Lithuanian «Zalgiris». At their home arena!
«Zalgiris» took the initiative from the first minutes - starting spurt 16:6: the Lithuanian club easily made its way to victory. But the players of «Krasnye Krylia» (who made their way to VTB United League tournament through qualification) continued to struggle.
After the big break «Zalgiris» organized another breakthrough - 11:2 and 55:39 in favor of the home team. But the head coach of «Krasnye Krylia» Sergey Bazarevich efficiently took time-out and replaced some players on the court ... And gradually the situation changed.
In the middle of the final quarter the score was equal.

But three minutes before the end Hayes led his team ahead - 79:78. And then the score became - 82:78 in favor of Samara club 1.39 before the final siren! But the «greens» still had some time to win back. The Hero of the match became the NBA player of «Denver Nuggets'» club Ty Lawson – he has one turnover and two key free throws. For the remaining two seconds the visiting team could not do anything.

As a result, more than fighting victory of «Zalgiris» - 84:82. The most productive: in the home team - Mindaugas Kuzminskas (16 pts), Sonny Weems (13) and Robertas Javtokas (12), in visiting team - Joseph Alexander (16), Rush and Dragan Labovic (13).