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Kaunas “Žalgiris” basketball players, who had the LKL game postponed for the second weekend in a row, were unable to use their day off to practice this time. When Augustine Rubit’s COVID-19 test came back positive on Saturday, the entire team took the test for the second time on Sunday and waited for the results until the evening, not only to play with Prienai CBet, but also to train.
Kaunas Žalgiris / Schedule
After all the remaining team members tested negative, on Monday the people of Žalgiris began preparations for the double week of the Euroleague. On Tuesday, Žalgiris will host ALBA in Berlin at home, and on Thursday, a cup match against Bayern Munich.
The “Žalgiris” practically no longer have the opportunity to enter the Euroleague playoffs; For this to happen, they must not only win the remaining 3 matches, but also have a favorable ending for the next 12 matches.
According to Žalgiris coach Martin Schiller, such a situation is not pleasant, but there is no regret.
“It’s not easy in situations like that, when the playoffs pull away, a tournament is coming to an end,” Schiller said at a news conference Monday. – It’s not easy for anyone. This is what every team has to digest together every year.
But now the goal will be to fight as much as possible with ALBA and then as much as possible with the other two opponents. That is our goal, that is our DNA. There is nothing to cry about, you have to enjoy the fight and improve ”.
“Žalgiris” also received a weekend off last week, when a duel with this team was postponed due to a positive case at the “Rytas” club in Vilnius. Are weekends off, knowing the busy schedule, good news?
“Normally I would have said yes, but since we lost Augustine for two weeks, that’s not good,” Schiller responded.
According to Euroleague rules, Rubit will only be able to return to the field after two weeks, which means that he will miss the remaining three games of the regular season.
According to the Žalgiris strategist, the remaining tall people will have more playing time.
“Marty (Geben), Yankee and Nigel (Hayes) will play more as Augustine is fourth and fifth,” Schiller said.
It will be a special week for Žalgiris’ own strategist: although he was born in Austria, he grew up in Hamburg, Germany and considers himself a German, so meetings with the country’s teams are sweeter.
“These are clubs that I have come across many times and from a country where I grew up in a basketball system. I know a lot of players from those teams, ”said Schiller. – Is that why I get so much attention from the German basketball world? I wouldn’t say, on average. “
On the first day of the Euroleague, Žalgiris beat both ALBA (74:71) and Bayern (74:73).
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