Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar vs. Rytas Vilnius - Game

2019-20Regular SeasonRound 6

November 05, 2019 CET: 17:00

Local time: 19:00 BASKET HALL

Rytas picks up second win over Lokomotiv

Rytas Vilnius picked up its second victory over Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar this season - and second overall in the 7DAYS EuroCup - with an 82-87 triumph in Russia on Tuesday. Rytas overcame a 14-0 Lokomotiv fourth-quarter run, finishing with a 2-9 spurt to improve to 2-4 in Group B. Evaldas Kairys scored a career-high 16 points by hitting all eight of his field-goal attempts along with 6 rebounds for Rytas, which also saw Eimantas Bendzius tally 12 points, Pako Cruz 11 and Arnas Butkevicius collect 10 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists for a performance index rating of 26. Lokomotiv has now dropped three straight games in falling to 2-4. Dmitry Kulagin picked up 18 points and 6 assists, Sam Dekker scored 16 points, Johnny O’Bryant had 13 points and 6 rebounds and Dragan Apic added 12 points in the defeat.

Will Cummings started the scoring for the hosts with a three-point play and 6 points each by Apic and Kulagin put Lokomotiv ahead 15-8. A Rytas timeout calmed down the road team with Dovis Bickauskis twice putting back offensive rebounds for 5 points and Mindaugas Girdziunas adding 4 points in a 3-17 run for an 18-25 lead, which was 20-25 after 10 minutes. Bickauskis’s next basket made it 20-27 and his three-point play and a Bendzius triple put Rytas up 28-35 with Dekker tallying 7 points at the other end. Three scores from Apic put Lokomotiv back ahead 39-38 only to see Kairys strike three times under the basket to make it 43-44 at the break. A Cummings triple evened it early in the third quarter, but Cruz answered with a three and a pair of Cameron Bairstow baskets had Rytas ahead 49-55. O’Bryant would not let Rytas pull away and tied the score at 55-55. Rytas missed some chances to open some space by four times only splitting free throws, though Bendzius made it 60-63 after three quarters. Rytas pushed the advantage to 61-67 before the hosts took over. Dekker used his athleticism to convert twice and Vitaly Fridzon scored 6 straight points in a 14-0 run for a 75-67 lead. Cruz would not let the visitors go down without a fight with 2 assists and 2 three-pointers to cut the gap to 79-78. Kulagin pushed the margin to 3 points, but Rytas was better at execution down the stretch with Butkevicius and Bendzius both hitting free throws and then the team grabbing 2 offensive rebounds in the final minute with an 82-84 lead. Terrell Holloway followed with a free throw with 13 seconds left and Kulagin missed a three-point attempt with 4 seconds left to give Rytas the win.

Non-factor

Lokomotiv big man Alan Williams was a non-factor due to foul trouble all game. Williams came into the game as the league’s co-leading rebounder at 9.2 boards a game plus 12.6 points. Against Rytas, he had 2 points on 2 shots with 3 rebounds and 2 assists before fouling out in 18:31 minutes.

Pivotal performer

Pako Cruz hit 2 of his 3 three-pointers and dished out both of his assists in the fourth quarter as he scored 11 points and had 1 steal for the winners.

Telling numbers

Rytas held Lokomotiv to just 28.6 percent on three-pointers and the guests made 19 of 26 free throws compared to 12 of 17 for Lokomotiv.

Next games

Lokomotiv will head to Umana Reyer Venezia on Wednesday, November 13 aiming to get its season back on track after three straight losses. Rytas meanwhile welcomes Limoges CSP in hopes of making it two wins in a row.

Deividas Sirvydis - Rytas Vilnius (photo Lokomotiv) - EC19

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

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Referees: GARCIA, JUAN CARLOS; VOJINOVIC, MILIJA; RADOJKOVIC, JOSIP

Attendance: 2611

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar	20	23	17	22
Rytas Vilnius	25	19	19	24

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar	20	43	60	82
Rytas Vilnius	25	44	63	87

Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
1	DEKKER, SAM	25:43	16	6/7	1/2	1/2	2	3	5	1	2	1			2	3	21
3	CUMMINGS, WILL	20:46	9	1/2	1/3	4/6				1		2			3	2	2
6	MOTOVILOV, GRIGORY	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	FRIDZON, VITALY	21:13	8	1/2	1/1	3/4	1	1	2	1	1	1			5	3	7
8	APIC, DRAGAN	14:24	12	5/8		2/2	4	1	5	1				1	2	2	14
9	KALNIETIS, MANTAS	23:27	2	1/4	0/2			1	1	2		1	1		2	2
10	IVLEV, VLADIMIR	12:04	2	1/1			1	1	2	1	1				2		4
11	ILNITSKIY, STANISLAV	6:40		0/1			1		1	1				1	1		-1
15	WILLIAMS, ALAN	18:31	2	1/2		0/1		3	3	2	1	2			5	5	4
22	KULAGIN, DMITRY	30:46	18	6/10	2/9		1	3	4	6	1				1	1	18
24	GERASIMOV, TIMOFEI	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
97	O'BRYANT, JOHNNY	26:26	13	4/10	1/4	2/2	3	3	6			1			2	2	9
	Team						2	2	4								4
	Totals	200:00	82	26/47	6/21	12/17	15	18	33	16	6	8	1	2	25	20	82
				55.3%	28.6%	70.6%

Head coach: BANCHI, LUCA

Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating

Rytas Vilnius

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
0	SIRVYDIS, DEIVIDAS	13:52		0/1	0/4			1	1	1					2		-5
2	BICKAUSKIS, DOVIS	13:32	8	3/5	0/2	2/3	2		2	1	1	1			3	2	5
5	GIEDRAITIS, KAROLIS	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	HOLLOWAY, TERRELL	26:28	4	1/4	0/1	2/4	1	1	2	8	1	2		1	4	3	5
9	CRUZ, PAKO	21:28	11	1/6	3/6					2	1	1			3	2	4
14	ECHODAS, MARTYNAS	16:06	8	4/5			2	4	6							1	14
18	GIRDZIUNAS, MINDAUGAS	18:32	7	2/5	1/1		1	1	2	1		1			2		4
22	BENDZIUS, EIMANTAS	23:55	12	1/1	2/4	4/6		2	2	2	1	1			1	3	14
23	BLAZEVIC, MAREK	2:58	2	1/2			1		1				1				3
32	KAIRYS, EVALDAS	20:56	16	8/8		0/1	3	3	6						3	3	21
41	BAIRSTOW, CAMERON	16:05	9	2/5	0/1	5/6	2	3	5			3			3	4	7
51	BUTKEVICIUS, ARNAS	26:08	10	2/2		6/6	2	2	4	3	1		1			7	26
	Team						2	3	5								5
	Totals	200:00	87	25/44	6/19	19/26	16	20	36	18	5	9	2	1	21	25	103
				56.8%	31.6%	73.1%

Head coach: ADOMAITIS, DAINIUS

Head Coaches

BANCHI, LUCA

Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar

"It’s a very bad loss for us. The way the game developed proved our struggles during the game, despite an excellent approach in the game. In the first minutes, we were able to impose our rhythm. We suffered on offensive rebounds with Rytas's size and athleticism. But the turning point of the game was with 5 minutes left when we opened our biggest lead with 4 fouls to give. I was expecting at that point that we really could choke the game and be very sharp. But that was the turning point. We made some bad mistakes on defense and gave the confidence back to our opponent and put all the pressure on us."

ADOMAITIS, DAINIUS

Rytas Vilnius

"We feel really good. This was the first game in the EuroCup where we had some tough moments, but we didn’t give up. We just came back, again and again; and our concentration was really good, especially on defense."

Players

APIC, DRAGAN

Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar

"Our biggest problem in this match was that we allowed them a lot of offensive rebounds and they scored many second-chance points. We could not cope with this during the match. At the end of the game, this advantage became decisive. We are very disappointed that we lost our second consecutive home game in front of our fans who supported us very well the whole game, for which many thanks to them."