Žalgiris beat Pieno žvaigždės for 11th straight win, solid second half lifts Rytas in Utena

Karolis Lukošiūnas made 6 three-pointers and scored a career high 20 points to lead Žalgiris Kaunas to a 99-70 win over the Pieno Žvaigždės Pasvalys on Sunday. Žalgiris stretched their winning streak in Betsafe-LKL to 11.

Rytas Vilnius struggled in the first half but managed to beat Uniclub Casino Juventus Utena 103-92 on Saturday, to bounce back from defeat in their last matchup. Adreian Payne played the best game in Lithuania so far as he scored 21 points, but it was not enough to stop visitors from the capital.

Emmanuel Lecomte finished with 29 points and 6 assists as the visiting CBet Jonava used a third-quarter burst to earn a 100-95 victory over the Nevėžis Optibet Kėdainiai on Saturday despite T.J. Starks career high 35 points.

Lietkabelis Panevėžys sneaked past Šiauliai-7bet 87-76 on Saturday and took even stronger roots in the third place of Betsafe-LKL standings. Gediminas Orelikas registered 23 points, Giedrius Staniulis was the leader of Šiauliai-7bet with 23 points as well.

Finally, on Monday, Neptūnas Klaipėda eased past Labas GAS Prienai 73-63 on the road to to hand them their eighth straight loss. Julius Jucikas scored 15 points with 13 of those points coming in the first half.