Schiller, who evaluated the debut of Blaževičius: “He handles the situation well” / News

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Marekas Blaževičius did not step on the floor during the match for over a month, and had to wait for the first official match in the Žalgiris jersey until the game in the ninth season.

The wait was crowned with a solid performance.

The 19-year-old midfielder, who appeared in the second half of the game with Utena Juventus, scored 13 points in 17 minutes, hitting 6 shots of 9. He also managed to bounce 5 balls.

“When I quickly scored the first points, the tension dropped and I played my match,” said Blaževičius after the match. – Somewhere I did not succeed, I did not defend something, but here it is part of the process. Not everything can happen perfectly, we are not all geniuses. With the workflow, everything will improve little by little and everything will get better. “

After two weeks in the Euroleague, the Žalgiris coach let Augustine Rubit rest and Joffrey Lauvergne, who received two early fouls, played for 7 and a half minutes.

Another midfielder, Martin Geben, spent 15 minutes on the pitch.

“It’s important for Marek to play to improve,” Schiller said after the match. – We will look for situations, scenarios and matches where he can play because he is a talented player. I think his performance was good, knowing that he hadn’t played in a while. “

“He works very hard, the coaches work a lot with him,” continued the “Žalgiris” strategist. – And then everything is based on the athlete himself, he needs to work. Marek handles the situation well, we have a lot of players and we can’t play every game. I am happy with its development. “

For Žalgiris, this was the fourth victory in five matches for Betsafe – LKL and this time Kaunas took the lead from the first to the last minute.

“I’m glad I won, and that’s how we won, defending well,” Schiller said. “The guys were well focused both before the game and later during the long break, we started the third quarter strong and broke the game.”

Next week “Žalgiris” will compete in the Betsafe – LKL championship with the only undefeated team in the league, Vilnius “Rytu”.

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