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The match between Kaunas “Žalgiris” and the Moscow region “Chimki”, which was supposed to take place on Friday, will not be played tonight, the sources of the website “BasketNews.lt” report.
Moscow Chimki Region / Schedule
Donatas Urbonas, a journalist for 24sek.lt, was the first to share information that the duel could be postponed. At that time, according to the BasketNews.lt website, this match will definitely not take place on Friday night and will be postponed to the following day. This was officially confirmed by the Euroleague and Žalgiris.
On Friday, instead of the match, the people of Žalgiris will hold another training session at the Mytiščiai Arena, according to a press release from Žalgiris.
This is because Chimki’s team has yet to receive a response to the coronavirus. The Russian team is expected to receive the results on Saturday morning.
It was officially announced that the match between Chimki and Žalgiris should take place this Saturday (October 10) at 8pm Lithuanian time. According to normal hours, this meeting was to begin on Friday at 8 pm
Chimki got the news Friday morning that Greg Monroe and Maxim Barashkov had been infected with the coronavirus. At that time, after the first round of the Euroleague, the COVID-19 virus was reported The other three main players on the team fell ill: Janis Timma, Jordan Mickey Y Yevgeny Voronov.
Rimas Kurtinaitis also works without the injuries of Stefan Jovičai and Alexei Švedas, and the newly acquired Errick McCollum continues quarantine.
At that time, “Žalgiris” announced on Thursday night that the team’s forward Joffrey Lauvergne was infected with the coronavirus.
For this reason, the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) postponed the match between Žalgiris and Kėdainiai “Nevėžis-Optibet” that was to be played on Sunday. The new date for this meeting is not yet known.
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