Goudelock: “I played terribly in the first 30 minutes” / News

11/11/2020 Lithuania

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Vilnius “Rytas” broke the series of four losses in the most important match of the FIBA Champions League in France, and after the 83:81 victory against Strasbourg IG Donaldas Kairys stressed the importance of rotation.

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“I am very happy for my basketball players,” Kairys said at the press conference. – We finally had the whole line-up again, the players are healthy. After the last two difficult weeks, we are very happy with this away win against a difficult team. We wanted the game to be defensive, and the fourth quarter looked the way we wanted it to. At the most important moment, we stopped the opponents and achieved victory.

We were hoping to meet a physical opponent, we had to work a lot to get along in the fight for bounces. Although they caught 13 balls in attack, I think that at the end of the game we responded with the same energy, we were aggressive, we took a lot of penalty kicks. With some exceptions, when we lost the balls, we played well ”.

The Vilnius club lost 81 points, while in the previous four matches Rytas’ opponents scored an average of 93 points each.

One of the reasons for this is that Maurice Ndour joins the team. He scored 8 points (3/7 doubles, 2/4 penalties) in 25 minutes, bounced 4 balls, blocked 1 pitch and scored 8 utility points.

The Senegalese +/- indicator was +13 points, and only Mindaugas Girdžiūnas (+19) recorded a better team result.

“It just came to our notice then. With Maurice Ndouru on the field, we are much more aggressive on defense, we can control the opponent and their rebounds. Congratulations to all the basketball players, they all did a good job,” said Kairys.

Man of the match

Party press conference:

Andrew Goudelock released “Morning” during the biggest game of the match. Two minutes later, the Vilnius club were still behind 76:81, but Goudelock scored three points and Martynas Echodas equalized with two free throws.

With 25 seconds remaining, Goudelock added two points and advanced “Morning.” For the rest of the time, the French club did not earn points.

Goudelock in 24.5 min. he scored 9 points (3/8 dvit., 1/4 trit.), bounced 4 balls and made 4 assists.

“I played terribly for the first 30 minutes,” Goudelock said in a statement with Ryto. – After all, the game lasts 40 minutes and I’m glad I helped the team at the end of the game. It was a tough and persistent game, but in the end, every pitch we made was very important. About two minutes ago we were 5 points behind, but we kept good energy and positivity and started hitting and bouncing the balls, which helped us a lot.

We have lost everything in both the Champions League and LKL in the last two weeks, so this victory raises our confidence. This makes everyone better, including our fans. I think they are tired of seeing losses, so this victory is great for everyone ”.

Goudelock’s comment:

Lassi Tuovi, the head coach of the French team, committed a foul after the failure, the team led by him could not close the match.

Rytas took the victory away from us. When you have 5 points of advantage in the last minutes, you must close the match. This is not a bounce or block. You have to close the game. If you don’t, what usually happens happens, “Tuovi told a news conference.

After two rounds in Group E, the four teams have 1 win each. It is true that Vilnius residents are in fourth place due to the worst indicator of points scored and lost.

Rytas will play the next FIBA Champions League game on December 8, when they will host Riga VEF at home.

“Morning” emotions after the victory and Kairis’ happy language in the dressing room: