The Lithuanian basketball team headed by Coach Šarūnas Jasikevičius won its playoff series against Olympiacos Piraeus in Game 4 at the packed Zalgiris Arena in Kaunas on Thursday.
The Final Four will be played in Belgrade on May 18 to 20.
Maccabi Tel Aviv won yesterday at home against the Lithuanian champions Žalgiris in a close match 79:72. Jeremy Pargo paced Maccabi by 26 points while Artūras Milaknis with 19 points led Žalgiris. Žalgiris was always close to the Euroleague champs during the match, but it was not enough and the Lithuanians fell to 4-7 in the top 16 stage while for Maccabi the numbers are upside down: seven victories to four losses. […]
The City Council of Kaunas on Tuesday named BC Žalgiris Kaunas head coach Šarūnas Jasikevičius an honorary citizen of Lithuania’s second-biggest city. […]
The recent threats from the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) to ban 14 nations, including Lithuania, from Eurobasket 2017 have prompted a dramatic conflict within the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LKF). […]