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Photo: D. Lukšta
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After the last minute of Kaunas “Žalgiris” match with Pasvalys “Milk Stars” was postponed on Sunday, the people of Žalgiris had a day off and at the same time were able to start preparing for a difficult week at the Euroleague.
Kaunas Žalgiris / Schedule
This is an advantage that Žalgiris coach Martin Schiller saw in the background of many postponed matches. However, frequent travel also raises a question that the league and the club will have to search for an answer.
Since the end of November, Žalgiris has had 4 weekends off, when matches have been postponed due to cases of coronavirus in rival teams.
These parties will have to be inserted somewhere, but now there is not much clarity about it.
“Yes, it made our schedule easier, but those games were postponed for bad reasons, so we shouldn’t talk about it as a good thing,” Schiller said at a press conference at the Žalgiris Arena on Tuesday. – I don’t know and I don’t think anyone knows what will happen to the postponed game. How will they be played, when will they be played?
All the LKL teams are together, we will discover and find a solution that will be smart and make the season a success. “
Before this double week of the Euroleague, the two days of training for Žalgiris were golden. Schiller’s students in Russia will likely have the hardest part of this season, when they will play two games with the top four Euroleague teams in three days: CSKA in Moscow and Zenit in St. Petersburg.
CSKA had a twelve-win streak until last week, which was only interrupted by one match in Vitoria.
At that time, Zenit, who have played the fewest matches (16) in the Euroleague so far, have only 5 losses and are only behind team CSKA according to this indicator.
Points are earned this season
Still, Schiller saw the future double challenge like any other.
“We will have to play two games in three days, it is difficult in itself, but we are not the only team in such a situation,” said the “Žalgiris” strategist. – Obviously, we will play with the teams that are now at the top of the table and have not found themselves there unnecessarily.
But this league is so close that anyone can beat anyone. If we play teams other than these, I would still say that this is a very challenging situation. “
CSKA is the team in the Euroleague with the best attack index (118.3) and the most points (85.3).
She also rebounds the most on a ball attack (average 13.2), provokes the most fouls (average 22.2) and shoots the most penalties (average 20.7).
“Obviously CSKA is a very good, experienced and talented team,” said Schiller. – They attack very well, they are very talented, they play very well as a team, but at the same time they have strong individual basketball players. Of course, Mike James should be mentioned here.
Also, they shoot a lot of triples, it seems to me that they are second in the league. They fight very well for the balls in the attack with Schengen, Milutinov, Bolomboy. It will be a great challenge to control it. “
When asked to rate Mike James’s ability among other EuroLeague players, Schiller jokingly sidestepped the issue.
“After that, I will read in the media that” Martin Schiller says James is a Top 1, 2 or 3 player, “said the Žalgiris strategist.” I will say this: we are talking about the Top Three team in the league and the most attacker “.
Žalgiris will play for CSKA on Wednesday and with Zenit on Friday. The start of both duels is at 7 pm
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