Žibėnas was enraged after the trainee’s trauma: “The jaw is crushed and there was not even a fault” / News

Vilnius “Rytas” edged out Panevėžys “Lietkabelis” on the noisy home field, but there was very little joy after the victory against one of the direct competitors LKL.

The capital club lost to Tanner Leissner in the second half of the fourth quarter, who suffered a head injury after a clash with Kaspars Berzinis.

Speaking at the press conference, Rytas boss coach Giedrius Žibėnas shared an early prognosis: the student may have suffered a jaw fracture.

An angry strategist threw a stone at the work of the referees, who missed the traumatic episode for the eyes and whistled the free-kick at that moment with the ball.

“The match cost too much, because we may have lost Tanner for a long time,” Žibėnas commented. – I must say that today we are not satisfied with the treatment of the episodes. A broken jaw, it’s crushed and there wasn’t even a fault. We will definitely appreciate this episode. For such things, players are disqualified at least from the match. “

“I do not want to talk about that episode until we have seen it from all angles,” added the resounding specialist after a question from BasketNews. – But Berzins is not the cleanest player and the whole league knows it. If this is not addressed, it will just be very strange. There was no basketball episode here and this is not the first time with this player. “

Leissner ran off the field after the collision and fell into the hands of doctors, and was taken to hospital at the end of the game.

– The second quarter was the hardest for you, when Lietkabelis basketball players freely threw 3-pointers and scored 26 points during the quarter (mostly all-time). What was not working then in defense? – BasketNews asked Žibėnas.
– We just didn’t speak a couple of times and there was a lot. We started talking in the second half of the game. Yes, we still don’t talk much. We finished setup quite late, we don’t panic. Little by little we are gaining momentum.

Man of the match
	EFF 17
Ivan Buva
Points	twenty
Precision	8-13
Bounces	7
Effective transfers	0

– Before that, the team had suffered two painful defeats. How did the team’s background change after them as they progressed into this match?
– Have you seen the game in Germany? It has changed very well. We react. It was my fault not to prepare the team for the match with Utena Juventus. After that we played a completely normal game, the background changed to the maximum, the players drew their own conclusions. I have no complaints about the match in Germany or today. The background of the team is the best imaginable.

– Both Kenneth Smith and Mindaugas Girdžiūnas repeatedly did not dare to attack from afar. What is missing to avoid hesitation?
– Shoot several times, finish the game with 4-5, shoot three points and separate them. I don’t even doubt it.

– Markas Tejičius did not get off the bench after a long break. Why did it go out of context?
– We wanted to keep a lower five and we did very well with some defense system without it when we needed a more mobile five.