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The Vilnius people started the match in their own style: hurricane attack, early throws, few combinations, but a lot of improvisation and energy. Kaunas residents failed to catch up with this energy, which, at first glance, surprised them a bit.
“Rytas” neutralized “Žalgiris” main weapon on defense with such a fast game – ice defending. Therefore, M. Schiller decided to simply stop using it and after a long break he told his students to change already at the first barrier with the ball. This change worked like a magic spell: the attack of the basketball players from the capital was completely blocked and “Žalgiris” definitely marched towards victory.
Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / Marius Grigonis
A good start to the morning
20: 7 after the first 7 minutes of the game and 24:16 after the first quarter. Rytas created such an advantage in the first half. They created such an advantage thanks to their match plan and great energy.
The plan of the people of Vilnius looked like this: change certain combinations and force “Žalgiris” to play as much 1v1 as possible; after a recovered ball, run as fast as possible for a quick attack and look for easy points and free three-point shots; “Žalgiris” ice to defend the defense with aggressive crusaders and early and sharp barriers.
“Žalgiris” needed a little longer to get in – in attack they seemed insecure, pushed out of their comfort zone. It is worth emphasizing the work of Vilnius’s hands on defense: A. Butkevičius changed the direction of running one or more balls and provoked the errors of his opponents, and A. Goelelock took over the ball, saving him from 2 easy points. Also, after the “Rytas” changes, several attacks by “Žalgiris” ended with super difficult and inaccurate throws after improvisations – N. Hayes was still in his prime.
There were no such problems on the other side of the field at the start of the match. The ball, after the desperate throws I just mentioned, generally bounced very far and this gave a boost to Rytas’ quick attacks. K.Kinging excelled at them from afar, and Ch.McCullough from under the basket.
When they failed to attack quickly, Rytas played normally – 2v2. However, they were played high and early, so “Žalgiris” did not always manage to implement his goal. ice defending. Otherwise, an attempt was made to change the situation in any way possible. This chaos eroded the defense system: disagreements arose, Jackson went 1v1 and Lauvergne found himself in 1v2 situations.
The result of this whole plan is a 42:34 “Tomorrow” lead after the first 20 minutes.
Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min photo / LKL meets: Vilnius “Morning” – Kaunas “Žalgiris”
Decision to replace phosphorus
M. Schiller and his coaching staff decided to end all this chaos on defense in a fairly simple way: they ordered a change every “Morning”. Pikenrolu. The players didn’t have much to think about: how to push their opponents aside, how to save situations.
Also, it further reduced the versatility of Rytas’ attack – the lack of tall people who could play effectively at the back of the basket meant that defenders had to create the entire attack. This is where Morning Stuck started and fell.
The game was characterized by tough play and many physical challenges on the wet field, but Vilniai showed great heart and played a good game. The ball seemed to have deflected on entering, but he is claiming it!
Jackson is bad spacing he closed the corridor to the opponents’ basket, and with his later shot he decided to use only in the last quarter. Goudelock was most visible in the corners of the site and this raised a number of questions. Why did the most dangerous player in the morning spend so much time staring at the ball? M.Girdžiūnas took most of the initiative, but most of the time J. Lauvergne’s defense was unsurpassed. For the first time this season, the Frenchman deserves praise for his ability to chase down opponents’ defenders.
Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / Demetrius Jackson
Žalgiris’ replacement defense introduced Rytas into long positional attacks and a 1-to-1 individual game. Such a game he was unprepared for and unacceptable to him. The numbers speak for themselves: 22 errors on the Vilnius account, only 8 accurate points from three points out of 23 and only 12 effective passes. And most importantly, 72 points in the game, 30 less than his average before this game.
Other details
For “Žalgiris” it was not the most effective match in attack: they created the final advantage of 12 points by taking advantage of the errors of “Rytas”.
In the second half of the match, there was no shortage of silly fouls by the residents of Vilnius: the residents of Kaunas were already there. bonuses Fouls by D. Bičkauskis and M. Girdžiūnas yielded easy points from the penalty line, and two non-sporting fouls yielded an additional 4 penalty kicks. We see this in the statistics: “Žalgiris” threw 25 fines, while “Rytas” only 10.
The other part of the “Morning” system – the defense zone of the court, when throwing the ball from the baseline – didn’t quite work. Once, T. Lydeka was late with M. Grigonis, and then the lack of communication from D. Jackson and G. Radzevičius gave A. Milaknis a free kick. 6 more points from “Žalgiris”.
Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / Rokas Gustys
Summary
Very interesting first derby of new teams. Rytas had more time to prepare for this match and he used it to perfection, but M. Schiller’s tactical maneuver turned everything upside down.
“Žalgiris” has proven to be superior now, but this difference does not seem as great as in recent years.
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