Zalgiris actually needs wins more than Real does, so the
hunger factor may be on the road team's side too.
Zalgiris have lost a lot of games in the Euroleague yet,
but I would not say their basketball is as bad as their record suggests.
In the Euroleague game in Munich, Zalgiris snapped a nine-game losing streak
and finally hit their open shots they had been missing for nearly two months before the date.
Maccabi have always felt respect to Zalgiris, so they will arrive in Kaunas full of ambition
and determination to leave the second largest Lithuania city with a win in the pocket.
Real Madrid can be proud of holding a winning streak of 12
wins, having 14 to their name in total, and Zalgiris Kaunas have grabbed only 5 wins during
the first 17 gamedays.
Zalgiris will surely create many good looks
playing this Real team, and if they make early shots and get some much-needed confidence coming from defensive stops in early minutes, the Greens can stay alive in the game till the final deciding minutes.