After the victory of “Žalgiris” – the calculation of the competitors and the wish of M. Schiller to R. Kurtinaitis | Euroleague

The most productive player in “Žalgiris” Marius Grigonis best summed up the victory in Mytiščiai. By the way, the first Žalgiris in this arena in the history of the Euroleague.

“We had 12 players, they are 6-7. They are obvious things,” said the leader of Žalgiris.

For the sake of accuracy, “Žalgiris” registered 12 basketball players for the match, but M.Schiller did not remove Marek Blaževičius and Karolis Lukošiūnas from the bench. However, more frequent changes and more intense basketball were a clear indicator of the victory for Žalgiris.

Grigonis scored 21 points in 25 minutes and caused more problems for Chimki’s defense. By the way, it was the most productive Lithuanian match in the Euroleague race.

The defender scored 5 of 8 points and scored 23 utility points. Žalgiris’s entire team cut 13 points from three from 30 (43.3%).

“I don’t want to talk about games in this situation. I’m glad we were able to play. We have to move on”, M. Grigonis was not proud of his labor victory.

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Martin Schiller also counted the rival forces. Only seven of the eight Rimas Kurtinaitis students appeared in the plaza. Dairis Bertanis, the only Latvian who was not at risk of injury from injury, was not on the floor.

The rest of Chimki were injured by injuries and COVID-19: five positive cases of coronavirus (Janis Timma, Jordan Mickey, Greg Monroe, Maxim Barashkov, Yevgeny Voronov), two injuries (Alexei Swede and Stevan Jovic) and self-isolation rules (Errick McColl.

“The game went as planned. The opponents lacked players, although they still have a lot of talent. Statistically, the best is an eight-player rotation, but you can’t play the whole season. We were able to exhaust them and we’re glad our plan has paid off. “I’m happy with the win,” said M. Schiller.

After the match, Rimas Kurtinaitis shook his hand to congratulate him on the victory. The 38-year-old Austrian wanted the Lithuanian.

“I was really concerned for a moment because it’s a very talented lineup, even if it was only half. I’m glad we won. But I sincerely wish the Khimkas good luck that they are not haunted by trauma and illness in particular. I hope they recover quickly, “said Schiller, praising the bleeding opponent for the fight.

Despite gaining a 21-point lead in the third quarter, the hosts had reduced the gap to the single digits in the fourth quarter.

This was one of the aspects that Artūras Milaknis, who scored 14 points and scored 4 of 3 points out of 6, was not very impressed with the victory.

“It just came to our notice then. But we need to drastically improve our game. The game was not what we wanted. We were particularly trapped against the zonal defenses, as well as when they exchanged covers. But we have a lot to improve,” said the sniper.

Žalgiris has a double Euroleague week.

On Tuesday, Kaunas residents will visit Belgrade, where they will meet Crvena zvezda, and on Thursday, they will host Anadolu Efes from Istanbul in Kaunas.