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Although Maccabi Tel Aviv landed at 63:67 last week at Baskonia Vitoria, they are marching close to the top eight with 6 wins and 6 losses.
The team represented by two Lithuanians, Rokas Giedraitis and Tadas Sedekerskis, is followed by Kaunas “Žalgiris”, who has one more defeat.
The teams will collect their weapons on Tuesday night, and Italy’s Achille Polonara, who has become one of Baskonia’s leaders, shared her thoughts on the upcoming match.
“We are in a good situation, but we have to continue like this, work hard and play as a team. “Žalgiris” has also rebounded, as they came back from the difficult OAKA arena in Athens with a win over “Panathinaikos”. Playing on the go is always a challenge, we will have to concentrate and play perfectly. You will have to look for easy points in quick attacks. It can become the key to victory for us, ”said A. Polonara.
The 29-year-old Italian, who plays in the career season, competes in the Euroleague at 28 minutes, earns 9.7 points (58% double, 42.9% trit, 44.8% penalty), recovers 5.8 points and takes over after 1.3 ball, performs after 1.4 effective passes, blocks after 1.4 ball, makes a mistake only 0.7 times and corrects after 14.5 utility points.
The game against Maccabi, which ended in failure, was impressive for A.Polonarai, registered with 15 points, 8 rebounds and 2 interceptions, 6 assists, 5 blocks and 28 utility points.
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Baskonia leads the Euroleague in terms of intercepted balls (average of 8), second in terms of rebounds (average of 11.8), as well as in terms of defense rating, an average of 104 points lost per 100 attacks.
“These statistics show that Baskonia is a tough and very physical basketball team. We will have to respond with their own weapon. Another thing: our concentration for the full 40 minutes. We looked better in the last game, but we still allowed the opponents they made the effort in the third half. We have to be more consistent, show stability from the beginning to the end of the match, “said Lukas Lekavičius.
The 26-year-old Žalgiris player, inevitable for the waves, will compete this season after almost 19 minutes, earning 8.2 points (60.4% double, 47.1% trit, 90.5% penalty), it works after of 2.4 effective transmissions and is corrected after an efficiency score of 10.4.
The match between Žalgiris and Baskonia will start on Tuesday at 8pm.
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