Baltic League, it is Rytas against Zalgiris as always

Lietuvos Rytas won against ASK Riga in the first BBL semifinal and will play the final against Zalgiris which defeated Tartu Rock in the second game of the day.

Eurocup winners won 85-76. The Lithuanian team led for almost whole game (except the first three minutes only) they could never take it lightly because ASK put up a really good performance. Rytas won 85:76 (50:33) but as winners' head coach Rimas Kurtinaitis said: "You may think that 9 points is a clear victory but it was really, really tough." For Rytas Bjelica scored 19 points while for ASK Riga, Kalve made 22 points.

In the second semifinal Zalgiris silenced the home crowd and marched into the final with a 83-74 victory. Dainius Salenga made huge 22 points, making 9/10 field goals. He and was backed up by Paulius Jankunas - 20 points + 8 rebounds - and 11 points by Sarunas Vasiliauskas. Rock was carrried by Tanoka Beard 20+6rbs, Tanel Tein 17pts and Giorgi Tsintsadze, 13 pts + 4 assists.

The game was even until the last minutes but it was the beinning of the 4th quarter when Zalgiris created an unbreakable wall under their basket for three and half minutes and went ahead 69:61.

The hosts managed to get back to minus three but Zalgiris stayed sharp, earned free throws and with 1:34 left to play, a three-pointer by Jankunas decided the fate of the game.