Zalgiris Kaunas will lose some of its veteran backcourt leadership through December after point guard Lukas Lekavicius suffered a broker rib, the club announced on Tuesday. Lekavicius, 28, suffered the injury in a Lithuanian League game on Monday evening. Lekavicius went down in the third quarter after feeling a sudden pain in his chest. He left the game immediately and could not continue. Lekavicius underwent testing on Tuesday and was diagnosed with a broken rib that is set to keep him out of action for at least four weeks
Zalgiris loses Lekavicius until new year
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Now in his ninth Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season, seven with Zalgiris and two with Panathinaikos Athens, Lekavicius has been averaging 5.6 points and 1.4 assists while shooting 95.0% – eighth-best in the competition – at the free-throw line. In his 242 games all-time, Lekavicius has been good for 6.9 points and 2.4 assists.