Rytas, the undisputed champion of BBL

Lietuvos rytas is the first three-time SEB BBL champion after beating Zalgiris 97:74 (52:49) in the final, held in Tartu.

23 points is the biggest ever winning margin in SEB BBL finals history. Chuck Eidson scored 41 points – his career high in SEB BBL and also the best ever individual performance in finals history. Eidson also had 8 rebounds and dished 8 assists. Unsurprisingly, he was named the MVP of the final game. Mindaugas Lukauskis added 14 and Marijonas Petravicius 13 points. Dainius Salenga led Zalgiris with 26 points, Paulius Jankunas added 11 and Eurelijus Zukauskas 10 points.

Rytas made 61% of two-pointers, 10/20 of three-pointers and only 8 turnovers. Zalgiris had quite disappointing shooting percentage - 42% of two-point shots.

The fate of the game was decided in the 3rd quarter when Rytas outscored their opponents 22:6. Until then, the game was even and extremely high-level. For example, both teams combined 14/24 three-pointers in first half.

 

Zalgiris started the game with a storm, going ahead 8:2 and 21:11 as Salenga had 9 pts, already. Then, Chuck Eidson took the initiative, scored 9 in a row and Rytas went ahead 26:25.

In 2nd quarter, Mindaugas Lukauskis was unstoppable, scoring 11 points.With two minutes left in first half, Rytas led 48:43 - Eidson and Lukauskis had combined unbelievable 40 points, already.

After the intermission, the black and red wall was built under the basket of Rytas and in nine minutes, Rytas allowed the opponents to make only two shots, outscoring the Greens 20:4 and going ahead 72:53. Zalgiris made 2/15 shots and 4 turnovers during that decisive period of the game.

The 4th quarter was a matter of formality as Rytas did not give any chances of coming back to the game to the opponents.

In third position arrived Tartu Rock which defeated ASK Riga 77-68.