<p>Zalgiris finished the regular season with a 14-point win over Ventpils (92:78). Tanoka Beard lead Kaunas with 18 points, while Jelic led Ventspils with 16 points and 10 rebouns. </p><p /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Equal battle prevailed from early on as Ventspils found answers to almost every single basket that Zalgiris made. After the first quarter the hosts had 25:22 lead. However, later on in this game <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Kaunas</place></city>’ team showed its advantage and after a lay-up by Tanoka Beard got a double-digit lead for the first time (45:34). Players went to the locker-rooms as the score was 48:34.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><p> </p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">In the third period Zalgiris relaxed too much and Ventspils took advantage of it. After a two-pointer by Uvis Helmanis, the Latvians closed the gab to 6 points (52:58). But Zalgiris reveived a wake-up call and finished this quarter with an 11:2 run – 69:54. The situation hasn’t changed during the rest of the game and Zalgiris </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><p> </p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Tanoka Beard poured 18 points and 9 rebounds in the win, Marko Popovic had 13.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><p> </p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Dusan Jelic had a double-double for Ventspils including 16 points and 10 boards, Justin Love collected 13.</p>

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Teams: Zalgiris
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Games: 2007-03-24 Zalgiris - Ventspils