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Vilnius Rytas achieved the 10th consecutive victory in the Lithuanian Basketball League (Betsafe-LKL) by breaking Panevėžys Lietkabelis at home.
Rytas strategist after the match Giedrius Žibėnas He reviewed the situation of Andrew Goudelock, who did not play, and praised the work of his students in defense.
“Anyway, Lietkabelis was very well prepared for the match and you saw him. For the second time, the same scenario is repeated when we turn at the fifth rail only in the role of the laggard. During the big break, we really did not panic, We argued in the locker room that we did not shoot our shots and we were too soft on defense. Lietkabelis played the first half as he wanted. In the second half we entered with a good mentality, we fixed everything on defense, we forced them to throw awkward shots and we won a tough fight under the baskets, we took 17 balls in attack. We want this victory not to get too much in my head, because we have to think about the next game, “said the strategist.
– Why did you only start over in the third quarter?
– In the first place, we did not panic when we were behind, because we saw what shots they were taking and what we were doing. This question would be closely related to the topic if it became a trend, and two games in a row is not a trend. We just have to go into the game differently and give a message to the other teams about who we are and what we can be. We can only imagine what the result would be if we played against all teams as we did from the third quarter.
– How did the accents change on defense after the long break?
– We wanted to maintain a high pace, we knew they had some problems with the rotation. We also learned this morning that Goudelock would not play, but that did not change our plan. After a long break, we closed all access to the basket for them and really stopped. We assume individual responsibilities in defense in a much more responsible way, we defend one by one as men.
– How was Ivan Buva from your point of view?
– First of all, I emphasized in the dressing room that it was a team victory. We know that Ivan can play much better against Gagičiai, he will do so in the next match in Panevėžys. Ivan was mad at himself because he knew he could do better.
– What is Andrew Goudelock’s situation?
– 90 percent, a very small trauma will probably play against Neptune.
– You only took two free throws today, didn’t you miss?
– Yes, we have to emphasize this, I made a circle, I added exclamation marks. We play a lot in the penalty area and it’s strange, but it’s probably not my job to comment on that.
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