Schiller has no plans to change the starting five: Jokubaitis will continue to rise from the bench

For M. Schiller’s students, who started the Euroleague season with three victories, the game with the Turks will be the first Žalgiris will play at home. Although Anadolu Efes has 1 win and 2 losses on his account, the manager expects an extremely difficult match.

“The Istanbul team is playing in a similar way to last season. They create the spaces in the perimeter well and move the ball well. This team is led by high defenders Vasilije Micičius and Krunoslavas Simonas. They can play both picnic and look for sticks. free.

We will stop our opponents with our aggression and we will look for micro-micro players that suit us. I think we can find microduels unfavorable for our rivals. This will be very important in Thursday’s game, “said the helmsman of” Žalgiris “.

Although Rokas Jokubaitis, who shone in the match with Crvena Zvezda, played for 29 minutes and thus reached his career record in the Euroleague, M. Schiller does not intend to include the 19-year-old among the team’s five starters. Austras believes that the defender can compete well and get off the bench.

“I don’t really plan on changing the starting five. The type of game and the way Rock shows does not affect whether he will start the game in the starting five. Maybe his game is even determined by the fact that he gets up off the bench? What’s more It is likely to be determined by the combinations on the field and who is playing whom.

Can Rock play in the starting five? Yes. Can you keep getting off the bench? That’s correct too, “Schiller said.

At the press conference, the Žalgiris strategist did not want to comment on the Euroleague’s actions against Zenit in Saint Petersburg. The Russians did not come out to play for Baskonia and Valencia de Vitoria this week, as the team suffered two technical defeats at 0:20.

“I know it’s a boring comment, but I don’t have an opinion on the subject,” said the coach.