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Team Kaunas “Žalgiris” will start Euroleague doubles week at home on Tuesday with Vitorija’s team “Baskonia”, who play Tadas Sedekerskis and Hand Giedraitis.
The Basques and Žalgiris are in very similar situations: they have won 6 matches each. It is true that Baskonia have played much less, so in terms of lost points they are one notch above the table, in tenth position.
The most interesting accent of “Baskonia” are the two Lithuanians. The Vitoria club did not skimp on the rescue of R. Giedraitis, who replaced the ALBA team in Berlin, and signed a three-year contract with ours, thus demonstrating great faith in him.
There were many discussions as to whether R. Giedraitis would be adapted to the ancient mound of Duškas Ivanovičius after the free Renaissance style of Aito García. However, the start of the season quickly dispelled all doubts, as the Lithuanian immediately became the leader of Baskonia.
The first four rounds were impressive for R. Giedraitis, averaging 18.2 points and 19.2 utility points and then among the most useful players of the entire tournament. During the next 8 rounds, R. Giedraitis only exceeded the double-digit number of utility points twice: 24 scored against Istanbul’s “Fenerbahche” and recorded in a duel with Istanbul’s “Anadolu Efes”. By the way, Baskonia won both games with confidence, by 18 points.
R. Giedraitis was perfectly closed by Šarūnas Jasikevičius’ Barcelona “Barcelona – 4 points and 6 points. He was also weak in the game lost at home against ASVEL of Vilerban – 6 points and 7 efficiency points, and in Moscow against CSKA – 10 points, but only 2 points and another loss The section of the last 8 rounds is not successful for R. Giedraičius – efficiency of 8.5 points and 7.8 points.
Normally, in such situations, D.Ivanovičius can reduce the amount of minutes we spend, but he simply has nothing to replace this player, so R.Giedraitis spends 28 minutes on the floor, which is mostly on the team. Khaskeen Carrington left Baskonia a season ago and did not buy another player in his place, so there is a gap and it has to be filled by R. Giedraitis himself, who plays and attacks the defender.
R.Giedraitis main game is for rails for quick attacks and shooting from static situations, when they get the ball and attack from a distance (three points have thrown more than two points so far) 58:52. The impact from the perimeter is 36.2 percent. In general, when R. Giedraitis is playing, “Baskonia” shows the third best attack: 93.5 points per 100 attacks.
D.Ivanovičius tries to save the energy of the main defenders, so that sometimes Arturas Kurucas, 20, or Sanderis Raieste, Estonian, 21, appear in the top five. These representatives of the Baltic countries have an episodic role and accumulate their minutes during the first part of the match, and after the break they are already very rare guests.
Sedekerskis
Recently, T. Sedekerskis has gained more and more confidence. The 22-year-old Lithuanian started the last two games in the starting five and spent 20 minutes on the field, accumulating 5 points and 6 utility points. It is true that such an increase in the number of minutes of the forward is related to the injury of Luca Vildoza, who missed those two games, but he has already returned to the lineup and will appear on the Nemunas Island parquet.
T.Sedekerskis fulfills the most important task of D.Ivanovičius: to defend himself. This strategist emphasizes precisely the work in his basket and if a young player wants to recommend himself, it is necessary that he demonstrate a good game first in defense.
T.Sedekerskis is a strong and mobile player who is useful on defense and fights well for the balls – in 12 minutes he manages to catch 3.4 balls, which is a great indicator. The strategist entrusts Tedekersky even to cover the opponents’ players, which he is capable of doing very well. With this player on the floor, “Baskonia” shows the second best ranking in defense: he loses 84.4 points in 100 attacks.
In attack, Tedekerskis has very few options: In 119 minutes played, he took only 15 shots “out of the game” and attacked 8 times from the penalty line. The rivals are risking this Lithuanian and leaving him free on the perimeter: so far they have hit 2 triples of 8 and both scored last week against Maccabi of Tel Aviv, when they scored 2 of 4.
Generally speaking, Tedekersky is a versatile player, but he does his job very well. In the Euroleague an average of 12 minutes is recorded, during which, in addition to the aforementioned grabs, he adds 1.8 points and 4.3 utility points.
Baskonia’s main driver is Pierria Henry, who stands out with an attack rating: she played 99.1 points in 100 attacks. P. Henry is inferior to L. Vildoza (12.1 points), Alec Peters (12.1 points) and R. Giedraitis in terms of performance, but he has all the reins of the game in his hands and with his excellent creator he makes others be better players – 6, The effective transmission during the meeting confirms it. P.Henry is the most useful player on the team: 16.5 points.
D.Ivanovičius has the greatest luxury in the center position, where he can use up to four players: three real center forwards (Tonye Jekiri, Youssoupha Fall and Ilimane DIop) and Achille Polonara.
We can consider T. Jekiri as the main “fifth number”, playing at 20 minutes (6.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, 8.5 assists), but lately Y. Fallas looks better. The 221cm tall slow Senegalese plays 17.5 minutes in the three-game period, scoring 11 points and adding 17 points. With it, Baskonia shows the best attack: 100 attacks per 100 attacks. “Žalgiris” usually has a lot of problems with such big centers, so the Y. Fall factor can also be important on Tuesday. I. Diopas usually appears on the field when his fellow collectors commit a foul.
“Baskonia” looks interesting, when the first line is formed by A.Peters and A.Polonara, who takes the center position. So everyone on the court can hit from afar, which is very dangerous for opponents who are forced to lower or accelerate their first five to catch up to the busier Baskonia front line.
After passing from “Anadolu Efes”, A.Peters survived a very poor 4-round section, but recovered and recorded up to 18.2 points and 21.4 utility points in 8-12 rounds. The good part was overshadowed by just 4 points and 3 points in a defensive-style match against Maccabi last week.
The last player not mentioned is the lightweight Zoranas Dragičius. The 31-year-old Slovenian seems to have left his injuries in the past and is once again a quick and sharp player. Z.Dragičius plays after 20 minutes, scores 9.5 points and accumulates 7.1 utility points. He has a bad three-point hit: 29.7 percent. (37/11). Z.Dragičius can shine and lose 15 or 18 points, but he can be left with only 4. He is not a stable player, but in separate matches and separate sections he can catch Baskonia after him.
We will see how Žalgiris manages to handle the Baskonia team on Tuesday from 8pm.
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