It ends 87-85 for Zalgiris Kaunas against Real Madrid, with Sylvain Francisco leading the hosts with 20 points and 5 assists and Mario Hezonja topping Madrid with 18 points. The home side lands a huge result in a game that stays tight throughout and is decided only by Francisco’s free throws with 3.9 seconds left.
The opening stretch is played at a high pace, with Chuma Okeke scoring 8 points in the first three minutes and Hezonja answering to push Real to a 29-25 lead after the first quarter. Zalgiris answers through a burst from Francisco, stays in touch through multiple lead changes and trails only 55-53 at halftime after back-to-back Sergio Llull threes.
The defenses take over after the break and Real appears in control, leading 72-68 at the end of the third quarter. But the closing minutes belong to Zalgiris, which also gets 16 points from Moses Wright and a near double-double from Azoulas Tubelis, while Nigel Williams-Goss posts 11 points and 10 assists. Madrid gets 18 from Hezonja and a double-double from Walter Tavares, but its five-game winning streak comes to an end as Zalgiris improves to 18-14.
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