I will never ever forget this match. I was 8 years old, and we watched it with my parents in our Soviet time apartment in Vilnius.. I was shocked to see Zalgiris trailing ninety smth to sixty smth, even against Cibona, who we knew was very dangerous. But we kept on watching and cheering, and I remember always always always feeling nervous and cheering for our guys, Zalgiris. And in the end, we saw smth incredible - cibona players became nervous/tired and started missing free throws en masse. And our guys kept scoring. And suddenly it was game on! I still remember how my parents described one of Cibona's leaders - Aco Petrovic (Drazen's brother), that his eyes already looked like glass (meaning he's exhausted). And our guys did it eventually. It was my first night that I did not go to sleep until so very late:). That's what's basketball in Lithuania:), and it has been like that ever since:).
I will never ever forget this match. I was 8 years old, and we watched it with my parents in our Soviet time apartment in Vilnius.. I was shocked to see Zalgiris trailing ninety smth to sixty smth, even against Cibona, who we knew was very dangerous. But we kept on watching and cheering, and I remember always always always feeling nervous and cheering for our guys, Zalgiris. And in the end, we saw smth incredible - cibona players became nervous/tired and started missing free throws en masse. And our guys kept scoring. And suddenly it was game on! I still remember how my parents described one of Cibona's leaders - Aco Petrovic (Drazen's brother), that his eyes already looked like glass (meaning he's exhausted). And our guys did it eventually. It was my first night that I did not go to sleep until so very late:). That's what's basketball in Lithuania:), and it has been like that ever since:).
Thanks for sharing!!
Sabonis is visibly hurt here. Still put up nice performance. One of the biggest talents in basketball history.
This clown (goodhearted) Arapovic was celebrating way to early...got from Sabonis and Zalgiris a lesson!
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