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Kaunas “Žalgiris” returned from Belgrade on Wednesday afternoon, where yesterday he defeated the local Belgrade team “Crvena Zvezda”, and on Thursday he will enter the second duel of the double week of the Euroleague, where they will face the Istanbul team “Anadolu Efes”.
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For Žalgiris, this will be the first home game of the new Euroleague season, and Žalgiris head coach Martin Schiller shared his thoughts before the next one as usual.
“Anadolu Efes plays very similar to basketball as he did last season,” Schiller said. – They create good spaces on the perimeter, they have good ball movement. They are led by (Vasilije) Micičius and (Krunoslav) Simonas, senior defenders who can play successfully picenrole and find free teammates. “
“We will try to stop them aggressively, looking for micro-bends that are unfavorable to them. I said the same thing before going to Belgrade when I spoke about Jordan Loyd. I think we can discover unfavorable micro-battles for our competitors, we continue to be disciplined during all matches and tomorrow will be very important, ”said Schiller.
Rokas Jokubaitis is showing a successful game at the start of the season, but according to the Žalgiris strategist, he probably won’t make any changes to the team’s five starters.
“No, not at all,” Schiller said when asked if he was thinking of a change to the starting five. – Rokas started the match in the LKL match and the starting five is not set in stone. Such a game and the form that Rock demonstrates have little effect on whether or not he will start the game in the starting five. “
“Maybe the reason for his game is that he doesn’t start the game in the top five? We think more is determined by combinations on the court and who plays with whom, so a performance in the starting five has little to do with the game that Rock shows.
Still, can a duel start between the starting five? Yes. Can you continue to move up the bench of substitutes? That is correct too, “added the strategist.
The Euroleague world shook this Wednesday afternoon with the news that the Zenit club of Saint Petersburg will record technical defeats for it, since the team did not appear in the match with the teams of Vitoria Baskonia and Valencia. Still, Schiller did not speak on the subject.
“I know it’s a boring comment, but I don’t have an opinion on the matter,” said the Žalgiris strategist.
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