The last of several unanswered scoring runs counted most and sent Barcelona home breathing a sigh of relief.
In a game of runs, Barca laughed last in Kaunas
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Regular Season
Round 16 of 34
Regular Season
Zalgiris KaunasZAL
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FC BarcelonaBAR
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In a game characterized by back-and-forth scoring surges that left no clear favorite midway through the fourth quarter, FC Barcelona was down 3 points with 4 minutes left against host Zalgiris Kaunas, staring at a double-round sweep and its third loss in four games.
Neither calamity came to pass, however.
Barca owned the last run, scoring the final 8 points as its defense completely blanked Zalgiris the rest of the way to end a two-game losing streak and retain its share of second place with an 11-5 record.
A tale of two halves saw the two teams combined for 107 points in a 51-56 first, when a total of four runs of between 7 and 11 unanswered points by either team kept the scoreboard flipping.
Zalgiris's 5-0 run to start the second half seemed to give it control. Zalgiris scored at least 22 points in each of the first three quarters to lead 73-70 after 30 minutes. But the hosts would manage just 7 fourth-quarter points before Barc's defense shut the faucet off for good.
Game Videos
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Real Madrid-FC Barcelona | Round 22 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Vesely puts it back! Motorola Magic Moment
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Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv-Zalgiris Kaunas | Round 22 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Wright rocks the rim! Motorola Magic Moment
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FC Barcelona-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | Round 21 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Zalgiris Kaunas-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | Round 21 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Parra with a quick slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Vesely hammers it home! Motorola Magic Moment
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Birutis's alley-oop dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Wright's double block! Motorola Magic Moment
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Top 10 Plays | Round 20 | 2025-26 EuroLeague Regular Season
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Virtus Bologna-Zalgiris Kaunas | Round 20 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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FC Barcelona-Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv | Round 20 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Moses Wright stops the show! Motorola Magic Moment
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Francisco finds Wright! Motorola Magic Moment
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Willy feeds Parra for 2! Motorola Magic Moment
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Francisco throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
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Top 10 Assists | December | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv-Zalgiris Kaunas | Round 19 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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FC Barcelona-AS Monaco | Round 19 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Moses Wright with another alley-oop slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Norris beats the buzzer with monster slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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EuroLeague & Friends: MVP Talk with Kevin Punter
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Zalgiris Kaunas-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | Round 18 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-FC Barcelona | Round 18 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Moses Wright turns defense into offense! Motorola Magic Moment
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Satoransky races back to block Baldwin! Motorola Magic Moment
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Moses Wright rocks the rim! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kevin Punter's career night in 3OT battle against Baskonia
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FC Barcelona-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | Round 17 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Punter forces triple overtime! Motorola Magic Moment
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Zalgiris Kaunas-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | Round 17 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Parra's alley-oop dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Keita throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
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Great dunk from Birutis! Motorola Magic Moment
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Wright with a big dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Wright bends the iron! Motorola Magic Moment
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Zalgiris Kaunas-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | Round 16 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Tubelis rejects Loyd in style! Motorola Magic Moment
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Paris Basketball-FC Barcelona | Round 16 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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FC Barcelona-Olympiacos Piraeus | Round 15 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Toko Shengelia’s nutmeg dish for Jan Vesely’s dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Will Clyburn turns defense into offense! Motorola Magic Moment
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Paris Basketball-Zalgiris Kaunas | Round 15 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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What a pass by Francisco! Motorola Magic Moment
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Francisco’s bullet pass leads to Tubelis dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Dokossi with the monster dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Fantasy Challenge Podcast: Is it Lonnie time?
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-FC Barcelona | Round 14 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Clyburn’s fastbreak poster dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
While all shooting percentages were close or in favor of Zalgiris, two other stats stood out for Barca: an 11-5 advantage in offensive rebounds and a 25-17 difference in assists.
In both cases, the collective effort to crash for missed shots and distribute the ball spelled the difference in the win.
Jan Vesely led his team with 3 offensive boards while five more players had at least one. Tomas Satoransky and Nikola Kalinic each dished 6 assists while four other players had at least two. In fact, it was the first time this season that Barca had at least four players dish 4 assists each, with Nicolas Laprovittola and Rokas Jokubaitis each passing for that total, too.
Kalinic deserves special mention for his stats line of 12 points scored on 4-for-9 three-point accuracy to go with 8 rebounds, 6 assists and just 1 turnover in a team-high 36 minutes on court. His assist total was Kalinic's high in a season-and-a-half at Barca.
It all led to that final, four-minute shutout on defense, with starters Vesely, Kalinic, Satoransky, Laprovittola on court the entire time with Jabari Parker, who contributed 3 defensive rebounds that recalled head coach Roger Grimau's words at halftime.
"We had some good defense but didn't close the rebounds," the Barca coach said of the high-scoring first half. "In the end, good defense is when you have the ball."
Words of wisdom that his team made sure of down the stretch in Kaunas to win the last scoring swing and go home a winner.