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The Lithuanian team started the game very nervous: during the first half they lost five triples, made a mistake five times and scored only 11 points.
“It sounds stenciled, but in the first game there is that stupid tension in the team. We ran, decisions like headless chickens, feet in the sand and because of that, a game so sticky that we really didn’t want to. It’s good that we got along well in the game. defense and as a result they did not run and led most of the time, ”said M. Kalnietis.
PHOTO GALLERY. Olympic qualifying tournament: Lithuania – Venezuela
He scored 12 points and had 4 assists, and with his passes to Jonas Valančiūnas, he put the team in the fourth quarter.
Still, he noted that nervous play starts with defenders and made comments for him as well.
“Not completing combinations and not putting them in their place. We wanted to solve one by one, somewhere someone was in a hurry, interrupted the combination: patience was lacking.
Frankly, we need to focus not on Venezuela, but on improving our game, ”said the player.
Jonas Valančiūnas, who reigned under the baskets, scored 20 points (double 8/9, penalty 4/4), bounced 11 balls and scored 30 utility points.
The NBA’s next rookie, Domantas Sabonis, added 12 points and 8 rebounds. The Lithuanians had an obvious height advantage and they took advantage of it, but in the future the team must play more diverse, M. Kalnietis is convinced.
“We cannot rely on that simply because the game will become static and predictable. The ball must move and only when the balance is found will basketball be of high quality ”, he emphasized.
Lithuania will play the next game on July 1. with South Korea, start of the match – 7.30pm.
A total of six teams divided into two groups compete in the selection tournament in Kaunas. After each, their best two teams will advance to the semi-finals. Only the winner of the tournament will win a ticket to the Tokyo Games.
TV3 TV, the news portal tv3.lt, the online video platform TV3 Play and the next generation TV Go3 will broadcast all the Olympic basketball matches of the Olympic team, not just those in which the Lithuanians will appear.
Both during and after the game, the latest news, interviews with basketball players, their comments and analysis of the game will be on the special portal of the news portal tv3.lt – https://www.tv3.lt/tokyo2020.
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