An inexplicable block on the last play, in which he did not even shoot a basket, prevented Barça from opting for victory in Kaunas, where they suffered their second defeat against Zalgiris in four Euroleague games.
After trailing on the scoreboard for most of the game, especially horrendous stretches in the first half, Jasikevicius's side struggled to decide their own fate. Down 73-72 with 14 seconds left, Higgins was able to steal the ball from Keenan Evans and draw a play with 9 seconds to go, more than enough time to at least have a decisive shot. But incomprehensibly the Barça players began to pass the ball to each other, refusing to look at the basket, until the ball reached Satoransky in a corner. The Czech didn't dare to shoot and tried to move forward, and by the time he knew it, he couldn't even shoot against Ulanovas' impeccable defense. The Lithuanian captain was the best of the match with 15 points from him.
Apart from the defeat, Barça had to mourn the injury of Abrines, who suffered a blow to the head in the third quarter and did not return to the parquet. The Majorcan suffered a mild head injury, as reported by the club later.
73- Zalgiris Kaunas (20 24 11 18): Evans (18), Brazdeikis (6), Ulanovas (15) Smits (15), Hayes (2) -equipo inicial-, Lekavicius (2), Kalnietis (-), Birutis (4), Lukosiunas (-), Dimsa (6), Cavanaugh (-) y Butkevicius (5).
72- Barça (19 16 21 16): Satoransky (10), Laprovittola (8), Kalinic (4), Tobey (4), Sanli (8) -initial team-, Da Silva (4), Paulí (-), Vesely (12), Abrines (2), Higgins (10), Jokubaitis (10) and Nnaji (-).
Árbitros: Milivoje Jovcic (SER), Emin Mogulkoc (ENG) y Michele Rossi (ITA). sin
Incidents: Match of the fourth round of the Euroleague played at the Zalgirio Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania.
