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Although discontinued in 2019-2020. The Turkish club, who have led the Euroleague season, have launched a new campaign with two losses in a row, and at least until the end of October, without the brightest star Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes have already shown muscles earlier this week in Berlin.
The Istanbul team led by former Žalgiris Vasilije Micičius (13 points and 13 assists), who achieved a double-double, 93:72, tied the ALBA team and, having achieved the first victory, arrives in Kaunas with the ambition to complete victoriously the double week.
“This team is playing the same way it did last season,” Schiller, who landed just after the Belgrade flight, said of the future opponent. – It means an extremely good player position, ball movement. Micičius and Simonas, two tall defenders, in two-on-two situations can see over the heads of their opponents and find free partners. Plus, it’s a well-trained team for Ergin Ataman. “
After losing Sh.Larkin for a while, at the beginning of the season, Anadolu Efes relies mainly on the work and successful play of the other two players in the perimeter positions, V.Micičius and Krunoslavas Simon.
Getty Images / Euroleague.net nuotr./Vasilije Micičius
The former Žalgiris still scores 12.3 points, distributes 7.7 res. transmission, but three-point pitches only 10.5 percent. (hit 2 of 19), and K. Simonas deducted 24 points and 34 utility points for the Istanbul Fenerbahche team and is averaging 16 points so far.
Schiller also emphasized the Serbian and Croatian before the meeting with Anadolu Efes.
“We have to defend aggressively and find the right players against them. Before we go to Belgrade, I spoke to Jordan Loyd that the most important thing is to find a basketball player who can defend against him and be disciplined during every game. We have to make sure. that there are always the right people in front of their leaders, ”explained the Žalgiris strategist.
Rokas Jokubaitis again shone in the ranks of Kaunas residents in Belgrade. The 19-year-old, who played the longest in his career (almost 30 minutes), rose from the bench and became one of the reasons for the victory, with many questioning whether R. Jokubaitis should not replace Steve Vasturia in the fifth holder of the Žalgiris.
photo Getty Images /euroleague.net/Rokas Jokubaitis
It is true that M. Schiller still does not think much about it.
“No, I don’t think about that at all. Rokas had already started the match during the LKL match, so our starting five is not set in stone. What Rock gives us and how he plays has nothing to do with whether he starts. the match in the initial fifth or not.
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Maybe he’s competing so well because he doesn’t play in the starting five? We believe that our success often depends on who is playing with whom on the field at the same time. I don’t think his presence in the five headlines affects the quality of his play. Can the match start in the starting five? Yes, just like you can start them from a spare bank. We’ll see, ”the Austrians intrigued.
Maybe he’s competing so well because he doesn’t play in the starting five?
While “Žalgiris” is at the top of the Euroleague tournament table with three wins, some other teams fight not only against opponents, but also against the virus that attacks them.
COVID-19 infections have delayed four games scheduled for this week and recorded two technical losses for club Zenit in St. Petersburg at 0:20. However, Schiller has no opinion on this.
“I have no comment on this, sorry. I know it sounds boring, but I really don’t have an opinion,” replied the helmsman of “Žalgiris”.
The confrontation between the Kaunas and Istanbul teams will begin at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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