Lietuvos Rytas and Zalgiris Kaunas remain in the top spots in the Lithuanian League after registering respective road wins on Tuesday evening. Defending champion L. Rytas whipped Nevezis 61-94 to improve to 18-1, while Zalgiris had to work a bit harder before beating third place Siauliai to take its record to 17-1. L. Rytas pulled away for a double-digit lead in the first quarter and outscored Nevezis in each successive period to wrap up an easy win. Aron Baynes scored 19 points in 14 minutes to lead the winners, Donatas Zavackas added 18 points and 8 rebounds, Jonas Valanciunas netted 14 and grabbed 12 boards, Simas Buterlevicius scored 12 and Vidas Ginevicius 10. Egidijus Dimsa paced Nevezis with 24 points and 12 rebounds in defeat. Zalgiris never trailed in its game, leading 29-48 at halftime and by as much as 24 in the third quarter. But Siauliai never gave in and Mindaugas Kuzminskas scored half the point in a 12-0 run to get back his team in the game. Siauliai closed the gap to 5 several times in the last five minutes, but couldn’t get any closer and Zalgiris breathed a sigh of relief with a tough road win. Dainius Salenga led Zalgiris with 14 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Marcus Brown added 13 points and Mantas Kalnietis finished with 12 points and 5 assists. Kuzminskas led Siauliai with 21 points and 8 rebounds and Derick Low and Vytautas Sarakauskas added 12 points apiece. In other games, Techasas edged Suduva 92-91 on Vaidotas Volkus free throws with 5 seconds remaining, Sakalai bested Juventus 80-67 behind 22 points from Virginijus Sirvydis and Perlas topped Alytus on the road 66-92 as Tautvydas produced 20 points and 14 rebounds. MORE