Žibėnas satisfied with his return: “Working with people and players like this is fantastic” / News

Vilnius “Rytas” returned to the field victorious after a two-week break, and the capital’s club’s coach, Giedrius Žibėnas, was happy with everything except the injury to Dovis Bičkauskis.

“I would agree with everything if there was no injury to Dovis,” Žibėnas responded to the statement that the break was beneficial. “We would be very happy today, but the injuries and illness are hurting us a lot.”

“We lost Dovis, but others got stuck and not only came for a minute, they took the team out. You know, working with such players and people is fiction. I have no words in this place, “added Žibėnas.

In this match, Arnas Adomavičius staged his LKL championship debut, managing to score a triple and rebound in almost 3 minutes.

“I asked for a defense and said the launch would come. And that launch came. He defended himself correctly, he committed the right foul and he deserved those minutes and, perhaps, he received a good bonus for the future ”, the strategist summed up the young man’s performance.

“Rytas” took three-point shots almost better than penalties in this match, but this time the capital’s club strategist drew attention to the long shots of the rivals.

“It just came to our notice then. Utena scored 14 triples in the first half and only six in the second. This is her great weapon and we control it. The players got the message right and closed the triples.” Juventus put up a tough fight , but we really deserved to win, “commented Žibėnas.

Asked about the situation of Augustas Marčiulionis and other defenders, Žibėnas said he believes in his current line-up, which, according to the strategist, would last until the end of the season.

“We had a lot of doubts about whether or not to fill (rookie), but we are showing confidence to the players. We did not want to fill anything, we believe in our basketball players and we will go, we will fight, we will fight and we will fight until the end of the season with what we have, ”concluded Žibėnas.