Vilnius Rytas survived an incredible rollercoaster and is now preparing championship shirts and celebrations for Thursday evening in the capital.<\/p>\n
After squandering a huge lead, Giedrius \u017dib\u0117nas\u2019 warriors dominated on the opponent\u2019s court, defeating Kaunas \u017dalgiris 86:80 (21:15, 28:16, 18:33, 19:16) and regained the advantage in the best-of-five final series, leading 2-1.<\/p>\n
At the end of the first quarter, the score was still tied at 14:14. However, the visitors from Vilnius began to dominate both ends of the court. By the second quarter, Margiris Normantas\u2019 three-pointer opened a massive 23-point gap between the teams (49:26).<\/p>\n
\u017dalgiris made adjustments during halftime and started clawing back, reducing the deficit to a single point (62:63). Rytas, however, did not break under the intense atmosphere and early in the fourth quarter restored a double-digit lead (75:65).<\/p>\n
Everytime Kaunas tried to mount a comeback, Vilnius found the answers, most notably through the long-range strikes of Margiris Normantas and Ignas Sargi\u016bnas. The home team struggled to erase the deficit in time, and the defending champions secured a critical victory.<\/p>\n