The atmosphere in Kaunas pleased Schiller: on the growth of Jokubaitis and the trauma of Garin / News

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Photo: BasketNews.lt/D.Lukšta

Photo: BasketNews.lt/D.Lukšta

Photo: BasketNews.lt/D.Lukšta

Photo: BasketNews.lt/D.Lukšta

The biggest change this season between Kaunas “Žalgiris”, coach Martin Schiller, introduced the team to the victorious fans. In the first match at the local stadium, in front of almost 3,000 spectators, Kaunas broke Athens’ Panathinaikos 81:74 and reached the final of the Euroleague preseason tournament.

Although he made it to the fourth friendly, it was both Schiller’s first match with the support of the Žalgiris fans and, overall, the first match on Nemunas Island in six months.

After the duel, the “Žalgiris” strategist emphasized the fans and the atmosphere created by them.

“It was a lot of fun playing with the fans,” Schiller said. – The arena, of course, is not crowded as usual, but there was a very famous and fun atmosphere. It’s good that there are a lot of people here, we’re happy for the support. “

About the match: “We are happy with the game, because of the way we play. First we fought well for the balls, it was important for us to fight well for the balls against a very tall team. Second, we didn’t lose a lot of balls. We made a 12-ball mistake and that’s normal, we made a mistake too often before. Third, we only scored 22%, triples and still scored 81 points, which gives us hope that if we get it right, we will be good in attack. “

About the differences between European and American basketball: “The biggest difference between North America and Germany is physicality. It’s a very physical game, that’s the biggest difference. Another big difference is total dedication to passing. It is not necessary to ask the player to pass the ball to a free person, here it just happens ”.

On the performance of Rokas Jokubaitis: “He played a good game on both sides of the field. He is a son of this club and we have to take care of him and raise him. Part of my job is to help him grow and we will try to do that. “

Man of the match

About Steve Vasturia: “He covered Nedovičius and had a difficult task. Yes, he scored points, but I think Steve did a good job on defense. He brings a lot of intangibles: he’s a role player who doesn’t need a ball to hit in a game. He’s not. It is necessary to look too closely at the plus-minus indicator as it is not always correct, but its figure is usually high.

About Patricio Garino: “He comes back after a knee ligament injury. Everything is fine structurally with the knee, but the muscles around the knee are not fully healed yet. We decided to hold him longer so that he would be completely safe when he returned. I don’t want to lie, we are talking about another 4 weeks. “

About the philosophy of startup five: “I don’t think they see us playing with different players every time, it will be more or less stable. Sometimes you will see five different ones, we are not married to five, there will be variations. When we find roles and positions for everyone, we want to be clear with our structure “.

About Rubit’s game: “It just came to our notice then. He just started training, 4 days ago. Playing fourth and fifth positions is more difficult than playing one position. Judging from that, it turned out well.”

On the atmosphere of the city: “It’s just a preseason game and the fans are already excited. It matches what they knew about it. Žalgiris is a huge part of the city. You know it, you listen to it, but if you deliver, it’s a completely different story. It’s impressive . “