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The Lithuanian champions spiced the return of the Euroleague to the home arena with a victory against the most powerful team of the last season with the result 89:73.
“Žalgiris” played the most productive match this fall, not counting a walk in Alytus, when “Dzūkija” was crushed by 95:62.
Whatever Ergin Ataman’s ideas on defense were, they were first destroyed by Hayes.
The 25-year-old forward himself created opportunities by repeating his teammates’ throws, and attacked with determination after receiving gratitude.
In the first 5 min. the American threw 9 points, not to mention that he drew two balls from the other side of the court.
N. Hayes attacked three halves with 100% accuracy, which only hurt a little in the last one, when “Žalgiris” was already in firm control of the events on the field. In total, on the Kaunas Club’s second-year account – 17 points (3/3 from two points, 3/5 from triples, 2/3 from penalties), 5 rebounds and 2 assists.
Such performance guaranteed him the laurels of both the most productive player and the most useful player on the winning team.
“The coaches prepared a great match plan: we knew how the competitors like to race, what situations they were looking for. Vasilije Micičius in particular is a great player, we did a good job to stop him. And in attack we play aggressively. The coach wanted us to be the first to score, and we did. We took the lead after two halves, we maintained this lead even after the break, “commented the” Žalgiris “legionnaire about the match.
He did not go into the tactical nuances when asked about defending against the most productive team in the Euroleague last season, which on average scored 87 points each during the match.
But he expanded in his own way with the question of a personal show.
“My mother and sister contacted me last night during the chat app and they talked for two hours. They said I need to start playing better. When I get back to the locker room, I’ll check the phone and tell them what their reactions are. Mom probably still won’t be happy. His zodiac sign is Virgo. Prince not only sang to himself, “My mother is never satisfied. It is about my mother,” said the American, joking with a serious face.
In fact, the yearning for noise in the stands of the Žalgiris Arena was taken seriously, where, according to the instructions of the Government, there were some 5,000 people. viewers.
“I would like the arena to be as full as ever so that more people could watch this game. But I am grateful to those who came. We have the best fans in the Euroleague, “Hayes said.
“Žalgiris” continued to play without Patricis Garinas, who underwent another meniscus operation on Thursday, and Marekas Blaževičius was also not traditionally registered for the match.
Anadolu Efes still missed last season’s most traumatic Euroleague player, Shane Larkin, and also missed Dogušas Balbay.
Last season Anadolu Efes beat Žalgiris in both Istanbul and Kaunas. The Turks took four victories from Lithuania in the last five matches before this match.
In general, according to the general balance of duels in the Euroleague, “Žalgiris” leads 13: 8.
We remind you that in the previous match this week, “Žalgiris” beat “Crvena Zvezda” from Belgrade (Serbia) 75:69, and “Anadolu Efes” also defeated ALBA from Berlin (Germany) on the road 93:72.
A week later, the Kaunas team will host the Valencia club (Spain), the Turks will have to face ASVEL (France) paralyzed by the coronavirus outbreak.
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