Žalgiris flew to Germany without injured Artūras Gudaitis and Robertas Javtokas, who remained in the country because of his father's death. Playing without two main central champions Lithuania hopelessly lost the battle under the baskets (17:35), which ultimately determined the fate of this extremely important — for both clubs — meeting, because only the victory would give them any hope of reaching the top eight teams of the Euroleague. Barcelona and Panathinaikos, who share 3-4 places in Group E, had two more victories before this game. In addition, only four teams from eight will get to the next level.

After losing in Germany, Kaunas team may already forget about promotion and can confidently prepare for the next battle 'at the top', during which they will face their arch-rivals next Sunday — Lietuvos Rytas.

Lietuvos Rytas did not manage to defeat Turkish team Pinar Karsiyaka in 1/8 games of the European Cup, with which it had equal score. Turks have not lost any meeting this year and will be favourites for revenge, which will be played in following Wednesday.

The team from Vilnius played well in the first half but in the second the visitors even took the lead. Ultimately, this interesting and dynamic duel ended in a draw, which put Turkey into a better position.