Chanako highlighted Morning’s problems: “We were in the same situation” / News

More recently, Panevėžys “Lietkabelis”, who suffered greatly from COVID-19, which was widespread at the club, faced a competitor in the LKL championship, who is trying to get rid of both the coronavirus and the curse of injuries .

Taking advantage of such a situation in Vilnius “Rytas” (7-5), the students of Nenad Čanakas achieved the maximum result: they crushed the club from the capital 78:59 and climbed to second place in the ranking. Lietkabelis (7-2) matched the victories with Rytas and gained an advantage as he has played and lost three fewer games.

“We showed a lot of energy, good concentration, we played very well in defense,” Chanak said at the press conference. – We restrict their magicians, we play wisely in the attack, now with George Gagicius we can put the ball in the penalty area. But the most important thing for me is the energy that we must continue to maintain.

However, Viñalesas had a terrible performance. The plus / minus score was very high: 28. He controlled the team correctly. “

“Rytas” arrived at Panevėžys with all the legionnaires, but Andrew Goudelock, who was treated for a broken muscle, played 11 minutes in the first half of the game and after a long break did not appear on the field.

Ryan Boatright, who had been stuck at home for a long time due to a coronavirus at the time, scored 4 points (2/4 shots) in his 12-minute debut match.

“Obviously, Rytas suffers injuries and the consequences of the coronavirus,” Chanak continued. – But we were in the same situation, these are the years. It is clear that the main objective of our party was to stop its leaders. “

Panevėžys people were separated by 20 points in the middle of the third quarter (56:36), but “Rytas” managed to recover and come back by 9 points in the middle of the fourth quarter (57:66).

Still, the hosts retaliated by 10: 0 and put the full stop (76:57). During this spree, rookie George Gagic scored four points and scored a total of 19 (8/10 double, 0/1 trit., 3/5 penalty) and played another solid game in the ranks of Lietkabelis during the week.

“We stopped playing defense, to take advantage of the unattainable infraction limit,” the Lietkabelis helmsman spoke of Rytas’ attempts to return. – At that moment we attack, we only waste opportunities, we do not take the ball to the penalty area 2-3 times for our tall people. When we did that again, we played one-on-one successfully on the perimeter, it immediately became easier.

I know George very well. Along with it, the attack presents an additional opportunity. It is always easier when an attack can throw the ball under the basket. Gagičius has played for the Serbian team, the Euroleague and his arsenal of skills will really help us, he just still needs to accelerate.

Defending his strength, Lietkabelis won for the seventh time in a row and in this longest series of LKL Championship victories he equaled leader Kaunas “Žalgiris” (9-1).