07-08 Preseason Toronto Raptors vs Zalgiris Kaunas 17/10/07

Preseason Game4 Toronto Raptors vs Zalgiris Kaunas 17/10/07

Raptors Soar to Win Over European Team
Posted Oct 17 2007 10:10PM

Jose Calderon was among six Raptors in double figures with 12 points.
2006-07 Stats at a Glance

Toronto 105, Zalgiris Kaunas 99

TORONTO, Oct. 17 (AP) -- Jason Kapono and T.J. Ford each scored 13 points, and the Toronto Raptors beat Zalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League 105-99 in an exhibition game on Wednesday.

Jose Calderon added 12 points for the Raptors, who had six players score in double figures. Ford finished with 11 assists.

Jonas Maciulis had 24 points for the touring European team, while DeJuan Collins scored 16.

The Raptors played their first game in Toronto after a 13-day day trip to Europe. They lost their last game to Real Madrid last week.

Toronto coach Sam Mitchell hoped that loss would serve as a wake-up call for his team. This game went down to the wire, but four straight points by Carlos Delfino put the Raptors up 100-99 with 2:25 left and they didn't trail again.

The Lithuanians had several hundred boisterous fans at Air Canada Centre, waving the national flag and chanting.

Zalgiris Kaunas is the defending Lithuanian National League champions, an honor the team has won 14 times since the country earned its independence in 1991.

They lost to Golden State on Monday.

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[mazonas3]

You gonna be kidding me the weakest team in euroleage? you have to be the biggest dickhead on earth and have a birdbrain to say that . And besides this match was in 2007 you asshole not last year and the reason Zalgiris didn't play that well in the euroleague bcause they hit serious financial difficulties so our best players left. But recently a multi billionare Lithuanian bought them and in about 2 years we are going to be europes most dominant force.

[mantviux]

ARE YOU RETARDED??

who won the euroleague in 1999??

lithania and usa are the only two coutries who went to semi finals in olimpic games.....

[GigantApple123]

Na*hui tie su*isti amerikonai bl*t ku*va -Raptors win,raptors win. kurva blet kaip pisciau i snuki nx ciulptu kurvos blet nahui. Pizdos blet gauruotos

[kapytep123]

@mazonas3 tai kaip? :D esam tarp dominuojančiu europoje komandu dabar? :D KAs paiskeitė nuo tada?

[mahony007]

@mazonas3 Actually the owner is only worth about 300 million euros... Not a multi billionaire

[NesamoneKrcLT]

@mazonas3 du metai praejo ir Zalgiris didziausioj duobej is kurios islips negreitai...

[skaloon]

@Shurimanable

juokingi jus man fanai kurie vienas ant kito varo. idomu ka ziuretumet jei ryto ar zalgirio nebutu isvis. galetum ziuret kaip rytas techasa dauzo lkl finale 40 tasku kiekvienas rungtynes. o tai idomu butu. ismok gerbt savo varzovus, kaip patys krepsininkai gerbia kitos komandus krepsininkus.

[djryse]

@USTUKIUMALUNAS 100 ppg in 48 mins = 83-84 ppg in 40 mins. 85 pts in Europe isn't low, teams don't usually score that many.

[USTUKIUMALUNAS]

@djryse we play 40 min. match and nba plays way longer match, i guess that explains why usually teams score more than 100 ppg, don't u think so?

[dangeriukas]

I would like to see some NBA team playing against Žalgiris during the preseason games of next NBA (if it`l happen) and Euroleague season. Cos I believe that we`ll have the best team from the times then we became Euroleague Champions in 1999...

[Rytul4]

@mazonas3

your not.

[klaudauskas]

@jamexxxxxx Trolling hard huh, fat-fuck? your lenkijos rytas sucked dick in all tournaments last season. Go smell a cock.