{"id":9032,"date":"2026-03-15T19:14:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/?p=9032"},"modified":"2026-03-15T19:14:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:14:38","slug":"rytas-falls-in-kaunas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-falls-in-kaunas\/","title":{"rendered":"Rytas Falls in Kaunas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">In the third &#8220;Grand Derby&#8221; of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL), sponsored by Betsson, Kaunas \u017dalgiris (20-1) secured a dominant 98:81 victory (35:9, 23:24, 25:24, 15:24) over Rytas Vilnius (12-8).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">The hosts controlled the game from the opening whistle. The match began with three-pointers from Edgaras Ulanovas and Sylvain Francisco, and as Dustin Sleva joined the scoring run, the lead quickly grew to 13:2. \u017dalgiris soon became unstoppable (26:6), and after points from Maodo Lo, they were already blowing out their opponents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Rytas Vilnius attempted to revive their offense with baskets from Jerrick Harding and Gytis Masiulis (42:19), but it wasn&#8217;t enough to change the momentum. \u017dalgiris maintained their dominance (49:21), while Rytas head coach Giedrius \u017dib\u0117nas was assessed a technical foul. By halftime, Rytas Vilnius trailed 33:58.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">G. Masiulis and Kenneth Smith started the third quarter successfully (41:64), but the deficit was too large for a comeback. While Rytas played the quarter on even terms with their rivals, the gap remained insurmountable. To make matters worse, Jordan Caroline suffered an ankle injury late in the period \u2013 57:83.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">The final quarter was a mere formality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">G. Masiulis converted several attacks and hit another shot from beyond the arc, but Moses Wright kept \u017dalgiris firmly in control (89:67). Jerrick Harding&#8217;s night ended early as he was sent to the locker room after receiving his second unsportsmanlike foul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Gytis Masiulis was the standout performer for Rytas Vilnius, finishing with 20 points, 5 rebounds, and an efficiency rating of 27.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">In contrast, one of the team\u2019s leaders, Art\u016bras Gudaitis, had a quiet night. In 17 minutes, he scored 3 points (0\/5 2pt, 3\/4 FT), grabbed 3 rebounds, and finished with a 0 efficiency rating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><strong class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\u017dalgiris:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\"> Moses Wright 16 (4 reb, 24 EFF), Deividas Sirvydis 11, Dustin Sleva 11, Sylvain Francisco 11, Laurynas Birutis 10 (7 reb), Edgaras Ulanovas 10.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><strong class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Rytas Vilnius:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\"> Gytis Masiulis 20, Jerrick Harding 15, Ignas Sargi\u016bnas 14, Augustas Mar\u010diulionis 10 (6 reb, 5 ast), Jordan Caroline 8.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the third &#8220;Grand Derby&#8221; of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL), sponsored by Betsson, Kaunas \u017dalgiris (20-1) secured a dominant 98:81 victory (35:9, 23:24, 25:24, 15:24) over Rytas Vilnius (12-8). The hosts controlled the game from the opening whistle. The match began with three-pointers from Edgaras Ulanovas and Sylvain Francisco, and as Dustin Sleva joined [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9033,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rytas"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rytas Falls in Kaunas - Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-falls-in-kaunas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rytas Falls in Kaunas - Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the third &#8220;Grand Derby&#8221; of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL), sponsored by Betsson, Kaunas \u017dalgiris (20-1) secured a dominant 98:81 victory (35:9, 23:24, 25:24, 15:24) over Rytas Vilnius (12-8). The hosts controlled the game from the opening whistle. The match began with three-pointers from Edgaras Ulanovas and Sylvain Francisco, and as Dustin Sleva joined [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-falls-in-kaunas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-15T17:14:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/2048-1365-max.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1365\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-falls-in-kaunas\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-falls-in-kaunas\/\",\"name\":\"Rytas Falls in Kaunas - Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-falls-in-kaunas\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-falls-in-kaunas\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/2048-1365-max.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-15T17:14:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f142c0277ad01100fb7fca5a344a3f6b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-falls-in-kaunas\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-falls-in-kaunas\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-falls-in-kaunas\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/2048-1365-max.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/2048-1365-max.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1365,\"caption\":\"Photo by Rokas Luko\u0161evi\u010dius\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-falls-in-kaunas\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"bcvilnius.lt\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rytas\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/category\/rytas\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Rytas Falls in Kaunas\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/\",\"name\":\"BC \u201eRytas\u201c\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f142c0277ad01100fb7fca5a344a3f6b\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edaf941aa2ed2e51b44eefe72b9187adff80fda3460dc62f97fc6fd7fe4659ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edaf941aa2ed2e51b44eefe72b9187adff80fda3460dc62f97fc6fd7fe4659ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rytas Falls in Kaunas - Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-falls-in-kaunas\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rytas Falls in Kaunas - Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c","og_description":"In the third &#8220;Grand Derby&#8221; of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL), sponsored by Betsson, Kaunas \u017dalgiris (20-1) secured a dominant 98:81 victory (35:9, 23:24, 25:24, 15:24) over Rytas Vilnius (12-8). The hosts controlled the game from the opening whistle. The match began with three-pointers from Edgaras Ulanovas and Sylvain Francisco, and as Dustin Sleva joined [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-falls-in-kaunas\/","og_site_name":"Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c","article_published_time":"2026-03-15T17:14:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2048,"height":1365,"url":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/2048-1365-max.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-falls-in-kaunas\/","url":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-falls-in-kaunas\/","name":"Rytas Falls in Kaunas - Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-falls-in-kaunas\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-falls-in-kaunas\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/2048-1365-max.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-15T17:14:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f142c0277ad01100fb7fca5a344a3f6b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-falls-in-kaunas\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-falls-in-kaunas\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-falls-in-kaunas\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/2048-1365-max.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/2048-1365-max.jpg","width":2048,"height":1365,"caption":"Photo by Rokas Luko\u0161evi\u010dius"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-falls-in-kaunas\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"bcvilnius.lt","item":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rytas","item":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/category\/rytas\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Rytas Falls in Kaunas"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/","name":"BC \u201eRytas\u201c","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f142c0277ad01100fb7fca5a344a3f6b","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edaf941aa2ed2e51b44eefe72b9187adff80fda3460dc62f97fc6fd7fe4659ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edaf941aa2ed2e51b44eefe72b9187adff80fda3460dc62f97fc6fd7fe4659ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt"],"url":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9034,"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9032\/revisions\/9034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}