May 19, 2009

News: Lietuvos Rytas claims championship in five games (Notícia: Lietuvos Rytas conquista título em cinco jogos)

For the fourth time in their history, Lietuvos Rytas lifted the LKL champion trophy. The Vilnius team beat yesterday archrivals Žalgiris 70-82 in the fifth game of the playoff finals, winning the series 4 to 1. Centre Marijonas Petravičius led the winners with 17 points and 7 rebounds, followed by Donatas Zavackas with 15 and 7 and Chuck Eidson with 14 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals. The runner-up's best scorer (and topscorer of the game) was Dainius Šalenga with 23 points (adding 6 rebounds), while teammates Paulius Jankūnas and Jonas Mačiulis had 15 and 14 points, respectively.
With this win, Rytas and coach Rimas Kurtinaitis won all competitions (a total of five) in which they were included this season.

(Pela quarta vez na sua história, o Lietuvos Rytas arrecadou o troféu de campeão da LKL. A equipa de Vilnius bateu, ontem, o rival Žalgiris por 70-82 no quinto jogo das finais dos "playoffs", vencendo a série por 4-1. O poste Marijonas Petravičius comandou os vencedores com 17 pontos e 7 ressaltos, seguido de Donatas Zavackas com 15 e 7 e Chuck Eidson com 14 pontos, 6 ressaltos, 5 assistência e 3 roubos de bola. Do lado dos vice-campeões, o melhor marcador (também do encontro) foi Dainius Šalenga com 23 pontos (acrescentando 6 ressaltos), ao passo que os companheiros de equipa Paulius Jankūnas e Jonas Mačiulis obtiveram 15 e 14 pontos, respectivamente.
Com esta vitória, o Rytas e o treinador Rimas Kurtinaitis venceram todas as competições (num total de cinco) nas quais jogaram esta temporada.)


Source (Fonte): lkl.lt

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