Shar’s return to Kaunas was marked by the victory of Barcelona / News

12/05/2020 Lithuania

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Šarūnas Jasikevičius’s return to Kaunas was marked by Žalgiris’ sixth consecutive defeat (5-7).

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Martin Schiller Pupils at Home 62:73 (14:17, 19:22, 15:16, 14:18) had to recognize the advantage of the Barcelona basketball players (9-2).

“In the first half, we got caught in a fight for the balls and the opponents took advantage of that,” Schiller said at a post-game news conference. – In the second part, we fix this and improve this aspect. In defense we played with aggression, activity, which allowed us to stop the transfer and thus provoke their mistakes ”.

“Žalgiris” rose to victory in practically every match. After playing just over two minutes in the fourth quarter, Nigel Hayes and Thomas Walkup each scored three points and cut Žalgiris’ deficit to 3 points – 54:57.

Still, the guests started running in the middle of the quarter. Kyle Kuric hit a triple, Nick Calathes noticed the penalties, Alex Abrines added another long shot and the Catalans who won the section 8: 2 took a 9 point lead – 65:56.

Shortly after, Pierre Oriola hit the colon, Abrines scored another triple and, with less than two minutes to go, the winner did not question: Barça led 73:58.

The best player of the winners was Brandonas Davies from Žalgiris, who scored 16 points (6/9 dvit., 4/5 penalty) in 22 minutes, bounced 4 and took 1 ball, made 1 assertion, caused 7 fouls and scored 22 utility points. .

Rokas Jokubaitis, who repeated his career performance and utility records, shone brightest in the ranks of “Žalgiris”.

The 20-year-old scored 15 points (7/11 double, 0/1 trit, 1/1 penalty) in 29 minutes, 3 assists, 3 interceptions and 1 grab, 1 provoked foul and 15 utility points.

“It’s a lot of fun,” Jasikevičius commented on Jokubaitis’ performance. – Now he is 20 years old, but he has been with us since he was 16 years old. Devotion, crazy desire, the maximum of each workout. As Tomas Masiulis told him last year, you, Roka, just don’t change. We always did post-workout pitches, he does everything 100 percent. Just so the person doesn’t change. I don’t think (he will), he has a good head on his shoulders. Just so it doesn’t change. “

Jasikevičius’s comment:

The first points of the match were scored by the Žalgiris people after playing a little more than four minutes, but “Barcai” did not allow them to escape – the Catalans led 6: 2. A similar trend prevailed in the first two halves, as Barcelona took a long break with 6 points (39:33).

The guests had briefly escaped in the third half when Brandon Davies shot from under the basket, Cory Higgins shot from far away, Kuric noticed the penalties and Barça had a 13-point lead (46:33). However, after recovering, Žalgiris managed to return to the match.

“Žalgiris” achieved only 2 points out of three out of 18 (11%) in this match. However, the Kaunas team took 17 balls and thus improved this season’s Euroleague record.

“It’s a huge step forward for us,” Schiller said of the number of interceptions after the game. – We were more aggressive and active, we took better defensive positions. This is a big positive step for us. “

At that time, Barcelona scored 8 points out of three out of 20 (40%), but lost up to 24 balls. For comparison, Žalgiris made 19 mistakes.

Žalgiris: Rokas Jokubaitis 15 (7/11), Joffrey Lauvergne (3/6) and Nigel Hayes 10.

“Barcelona”: Brandonas Daviesas 16 (6/9 dvit.), Kyle’as Kuricas 15 (3/4 trit.), Nikola Mirotičius 9.

Martin Schiller’s comment: