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21 min. V. Kariniauskas, who passed on the parquet, scored 15 points (5/8 from two points, 0/1 from three points, 5/7 from penalties), made 6 assists, bounced 3 and seized 1 ball, committed two mistakes .
Coincidence or not, but Darius Maskoliūnas’ pupils made the fewest mistakes in this Euro Cup match in the match with the Czechs – 8.
“I was not surprised by Vaidas’ performance. I have known him for many years, we were together at the Olympics. He returned to the national team, because both Kėdainiai” Nevėžis “and Utena” Juventus “were real players. Also, we know his character, even if he is unlucky, he is not afraid of anything. Today Vaidas played like a real teacher, “said the coach of the national team.
V. Kariniauskas himself sent compliments to the sender’s address.
“It just came to our notice then. They exchanged covers from two to two defending their game from our game, we were ready for that. The coach put together a good plan and we won.
We were aggressive in the first half, the Czechs didn’t hit the 3s. After the break, several scored, held several counterattacks. You could say that they returned to the game. But after that we fixed everything and went further, “said the 199cm tall defender.
The hosts of group C “bubble” have already won the first half with a crushing advantage – 31:15.
According to Mindaugas Kuzminskas, a former member of the national team, this is the conclusion reached after the previous two “windows” of the national team, when the Lithuanians received Belgian and Danish slaps in the first match.
“Through the previous windows, the first match was extremely unsuccessful for us, I would say tragic. We emphasized that we cannot play so shamefully with these jerseys. Thank God, today we were completely different from the beginning, we showed who they are the hosts of this square.
There are a lot of flaws that we can fix, like the rebounds in the Czech attack. But I hope we are moving in the right direction. Today we win the battle, and tomorrow we have to win the war “, – the forward awaits the decisive match, contributing 10 points and 7 rebounds to Saturday’s victory.
The final duel of the qualifying competition with the Danes on Monday will determine which of the two teams, together with the Belgians who won the ticket on Saturday and the Czechs from the European Championship, will advance to the final stage.
The Danes sensationally won the first mutual confrontation last November 80:76.
It is true that they arrived in Vilnius without Gabrielius Lundberg, the leader who complemented CSKA Moscow (Russia), and on Saturday they could not take Belgium more seriously: 65:88.
For Saturday’s game, D. Maskoliūnas did not register defender Arnas Velička or midfielder Marek Blaževičius.
FIBA selection: Lithuania – Czech Republic. Statistics
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