USL result, Day 3: Union Olimpija 81-73 Zalgiris Kaunas
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Zalgiris Kaunas advanced to the ULEB Summer League final despite a final loss with Union Olimpija, 81-73. The Lithuanians will face Lottomatica Roma at 17:00 CET on Sunday in Jesolo, Italy for the chance to lift the first ULEB Summer League trophy. Big man Gabriel Szalay led Olimpija by scoring 12 points while Blagoj Janev, Zan Vrecko and Logan Kosmalski added 11 apiece. Mantas Kalnietis had 15, Darius Silinskis 13 and Tadas Klimavicius 11 for Zalgiris. Olimpija sparked a 9-0 run early in the match capped by a triple from Mujo Tuljkovic, and finished ahead 28-21 after ten minutes. Vytenis Jasikevicius gave the first advantage, 38-39, to his side with three minutes left in the second quarter, while Vitalijus Stanevicius sealed with two easy points a 45-49 cushion for Zalgiris at halftime. Janev tied the score from the foul line, 58-58 late in the third quarter, and Dejan Hohler gave a slim 58-57 margin to Olimpija entering in the last quarter. They needed to win by 13 in order to advance to the final, and raised the advantage to a 75-63 with a layup of Kosmalski with less than 2 minutes left, but Jasikevicius and Kalnietis with back-to-back baskets from downtown kept Olimpija far from the final match.
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