Schiller explained the low number of attacks: “We didn’t hit well the first time” / News

Kaunas “Žalgiris” suffered their first defeat in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL), losing to Panevėžys “Lietkabelius” at home by 61:72.

After the match, Kaunas head coach Martin Schiller congratulated the opponents on the victory and highlighted the highlights of the defeat.

“First of all, I want to congratulate Lietkabel on the victory, they played a very good game,” Schiller said at a press conference. – We started the duel well on both sides of the field, showing good physicality and distributing the ball.

After the break we stopped, the rivals hit 7 triples and that’s too much, we got caught in the barriers. We defended well again in the decisive quarter, but we couldn’t attack anymore ”.

“Žalgiris” scored just 25 points after the break and made 17 mistakes during the game, scoring the fewest points this season (61). Furthermore, the Lithuanian champions scored just 7 points out of three out of 25 attempts (28 percent).

“We made 11 mistakes in the first half of the game and that’s not a good number. Of course, 17 errors are too many, 12 would be the optimal number, at most 13.

It was the first game in which we didn’t hit well, although we made good shots. It is for these reasons that we were far from the average of our points, “explained Schiller.

Žalgiris will start the Euroleague season with Olympiakos in Piraeus next week. Austras pointed out before the start of the international tournament that it is important to be prepared not only technically, but also psychologically.

“Apart from the technical adaptation to the game, we see where we have to stretch, what this game showed. We have to understand that it takes 40 minutes to play well, and in addition to technical and tactical aspects, we also have to be psychologically prepared ”, concluded the specialist.