LKF Cup

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LKF Cup (Lithuanian Basketball Federation Cup) final four will be played tomorrow and on Wednesday in Å iauliai.



Semi-Finals

Å iauliai vs Lietuvos Rytas

Nept?nas vs Žalgiris



3rd place and final will be broadcasted online 16:40 GMT on Wednesday (February 6th) [url="http://http"]here.[/url]



The final will be available 19:10 GMT on Wednesday (February 6th) [url="http://http"]here.[/url]

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Žalgiris 84:60 Nept?nas



Žalgiris: Mantas Kalnietis 20, Paulius Jank?nas 15, Jonas Ma?iulis 12, Damir Markota 10, Goran Jurak 9, DeJuan Collins, Marko Popovic 5, Eurelijus Žukauskas 4, M.Bradley 2.

Nept?nas: Remigijus Trakimas 11, Paulius Po?iuipa 11, Evaldas Dainys 9, Jerel Allen 8, Vaidotas Pe?iukas 6, Mindaugas Runkauskas 5, Andrius Mažutis 3, Vaidotas Pridotkas 3, Deivydas Gailius 2.



Å iauliai 66:71 Lietuvos Rytas



Šiauliai: Marius Prekevi?ius 16, Antonio Grant 14, Gediminas Maceina 13, Art?ras Masiulis 7, Mantas Ruikis, D.Zavackas 6, Aurimas Kieža 2, Virginijus Praškevi?ius 2

Rytas: Chuck Eidson 20, Marijonas Petravi?ius 17, Andrius Šležas 11, Hollis Price 11, Art?ras Jomantas 5, Kenan Bajramovic 4, Jackson Vroman 3.

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3rd place game



Å iauliai 111:92 Nept?nas



Šiauliai: Donatas Zavackas 18, Virginijus Praškevičius 18, Antonio Grant 14, Artūras Masiulis 14, Aurimas Kieža 11, Mantas Ruikis 10, Vaidas Pauliukėnas 7, Tomas Rinkevičius 5, Marius Prekevičius 5, Gediminas Maceina 4, Kyle Neptune 3.

Neptūnas: Vaidotas Pridotkas 16, Andrius Mažutis 13, Deivydas Gailius 13, Vaidotas Pečiukas 13, Paulius Počiuipa 10, Mindaugas Runkauskas 10, Jerel Allen 8, Evaldas Dainys 4, Mindaugas Mockus 3, Grigorij Šuchovtsov 2.



Final



Žalgiris 83:72 Lietuvos Rytas



Žalgiris: DeJuan Collins 27, Marcus Brown 15, Jonas Mačiulis 13, Marko Popovic 11, Paulius Jankūnas 9, Eurelijus Žukauskas 4, Goran Jurak 4.

Lietuvas Rytas: Hollis Price 17, Chuck Eidson 13, Andrius Šležas 9, Kenan Bajramovic 8, Marijonas Petravičius 6, Artūras Jomantas 6, Jared Jordan 4, Jackson Vroman 4, Martynas Gecevičius 3, Mindaugas Lukauskis 2.



Žalgiris were better team last night. It was unusual to see Rytas playing like that. Their game plan didn't work. My impression was that Žalgiris had better preparation for the game. The result when these teams meet is unpredictable. Rytas had better season in EL so far and they were slight favourites but it was Žalgiris who won the cup. Good job to Šiauliai for organizing this event <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thup.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':thup:' />



Aleksandar Trifunovic press conference:



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Here's game MVP DeJuan Collins interview:



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[Black Urum]

Way to go Zalgiris. Very nice job indeed. I guess they got their revenge for the defeat earlier in the season.

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Yes, it was. I just wonder wether this loss do more damage to Rytas than it would have done to Žalgiris. That was a warning to Rytas that they shouldn't be overconfident in Top 16. We will see.

[pata]

Why Markota didn't play? and who is Chuck Eidsonas <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

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[quote="pata":2mjha3d4]Why Markota didn't play? and who is Chuck Eidsonas <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

He played but didn't score so I didn't include him. Corrected Eidson surname as it was Lithuanian version <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />