Dimša flashes pose a serious puzzle for Maskoliūnas / News

The performance of Tomas Dimša in the preparation cycle of the Olympic team caused a serious enigma for Darius Maskoliūnas. The solid play of the defender elevates his actions until the deadline of June 27, when the coach of the national team will announce the twelve finalists to reach the ticket to the Tokyo Olympics.

When Tomas Dimša walked on the parquet floor of the Žalgiris Arena alongside Marius Grigonis, this defense duo cemented the Lithuanian team’s victory against Russia.

In the last control of the national team, it was Dimša’s triples and his functionality in the experimental five with mobile centers that finally broke the resistance of the exalted basketball players of the Dominican Republic 95:69.

During three friendly matches, Dimša even appeared on video. At 16 minutes, he scored 8 points and provided 1.3 assists.

“I went through the windows, I know that system. Maybe it’s a little easier for me. I try to help as much as I can, and as it goes, so it goes, ”Dimša said modestly after the victory against the Dominican Republic on BasketNews.lt.

Meanwhile, Maskoliūnas did not hide that such a game by Dimsha forces us to rethink the projection of the last twelve.

“Tom is a hole filler. I don’t know if he sounded good, but in the national team he is not an offensive person, but he can be used very well both in the first and second numbers, as well as in the game. small ballą (low five) when we all change. Because he knows the system, it is easier for him to plug the holes, Maskoliūnas explained to BasketNews.lt. – Looking ahead, with which teams will they need to play, we see that we have the so-called ball handler (players with the ball) is very necessary and Tom is one of them. With his game, he shows that we have to think a lot … “

Maskoliūnas did not hide that this party gave him answers, only not for the twelve, but for the thirteen. However, the coach has not yet made a final decision and asks to persevere; it will be clear by Sunday.

Dimša himself is not burdened with twelve conjectures and concentrates on correcting the main problems of the national team. And many of them are due to the amount of errors. In the duel with Dominika, the Lithuanians turned the ball over 21 times.

“It just came to our knowledge then. The first half is more difficult: we have no head, we have too much energy, we want to do everything from the first elections. But after that we fix ourselves a bit and run away, – Dimša told BasketNews.lt – You need to play with more patience, turn that combination and the amount of errors will decrease. And now we are against the combination, trying to get somewhere and breaking agreements. “