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The fierce Mike James once again taught Kaunas “Žalgiris”.
Last year, at Moscow’s Megasport Stadium, an American drowned a siren led by Šarūnas Jasikevičius in a long shot, announcing the siren that announced the end of overtime, this time a 30-year-old basketball player firing fireworks at the Isla Nemunas demonstrated the highest class and re-determined the fate of the duel.
M.James, who is characterized by his explosive strength, individual dominance and excellent shooting, scored 27 points in 26 minutes, of which 22, in the second half of the match.
In the second half, the Žalgiris basketball players, who had a deficit of 15 points, returned, and a minute before the end of the game, the hosts’ lag was minimal.
James, who pulled out the Superman suit, first stabbed a triple through Augustine Rubit, then, after the error of “Žalgiris”, made free throws, and finally added a long bomb through the hands of Marius Grigonis.
“There can be anything they can throw like that,” said M. Grigonis, who scored 19 points after the game. – Didn’t score many games before and CSKA lost. Now he threw five in a row to the face and still bounced. I don’t know what we can do, we can always add something, but that’s how it is. “
“The Euroleague is a strong league, of the highest level exploration and the best coaches, but like no other indestructible for james yeah inexhaustible – said Rokas Jokubaitis, who returned to the Euroleague fights after a three-week break. – Very difficult, can do everything one by one: push, recover, after dodge shooting average. Maybe we needed to focus on helping? He played against both the small and the large. We were able to find an alternative. But we really weren’t expecting that. It wasn’t planned for him to start killing us. “
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It was an exclusive match for Žalgiris in the Euroleague. For the first time, completely without spectators, without protection, without the anthem of the Republic of Lithuania being sung.
But with Martin Schiller innovations we’ve never seen before. A poor defense against Real Madrid, Maccabi in Tel Aviv and CBet in Prien has forced Austria to make a difference.
In the opening five of the match, for the first time this season, we saw captain Paulius Jankūnas, who managed solidly with the CSKA kart at Tornike Šengelia. In third place in the snippets, we finally saw Nigel Hayes, who was the only one to offer CSKA forward Will Clyburn.
Add in the rarely visible 1-3-1 defensive zone and the much higher position of “Žalgiris” side During the defense, which was discussed by Augustas Šuliauskas in the 15min analysis, we will get the coach’s reaction, which was necessary in the black section.
Although the CSKA team could not stay below the point average, on average it scored 81.8 points per game and 87 in Kaunas, but the moments were positive, especially after a long break.
The beginning, as usual, was sad. Žalgiris is the team with the most points in the first quarter of the Euroleague. This rule appears to have been confirmed by guests from Russia who deducted 26 points in the first ten minutes.
In the second quarter, when the deficit rose to 15 points, last week’s Tel Aviv scenario appeared to be a recurrence.
“If we had not been 15 points behind and we had escaped 15 points, then it would have been enough to win. Not being prepared for a match cannot be an excuse. How can we not be in the mood for a Euroleague match with CSKA? You want to take them away the contract to each of them. What can we go wrong? We have to talk on the field when we all do, we look completely different. Sometimes, no matter what you yell, you seem to be aggressively defending yourself and putting your opponent in a panic. For some reason, we don’t do it from the beginning. But there is training for that, we have to start from there “, explained M. Grigonis.
Hosts Rokas Jokubaitis, who will soon be 20 years old, thrilled the hosts before the long break.
The Lithuanian, who overcame the coronavirus and returned to the Euroleague parquet three weeks later, successfully turned the combination “two against two” with Agustín Rubit and already had 5 successful signings at the end of the second quarter.
“On Sunday, the game with Prienai was still a bit difficult. I feel quite good now. I hope the health improves even more, we will be attentive,” said “Žalgiris” talent after the duel.
R.Jokubaitis played in the match with CSKA for almost 21 minutes. This is the fourth result of the team, only M. Grigonis (23 min.), Nigel Hayes (27 min.) And Thomas Walkup (28 min.) They played more.
The player scored 8 points (3/5 doubles, 0/1 trit., 2/2 penalty), made 5 assists, made 4 errors, and scored 7 utility points.
In a quick attack, he tried to charge his first Euroleague run, but failed. However, R. Jokubaitis is happy with the experience gained in these matches.
“During and after the game, James and W. Clyburn felt calm and confident. They didn’t seem to be playing at their full strength, but they did everything with great confidence. Such things show that they are first-rate basketball players, that they play the best. basketball in one of the best teams in Europe. This has left the greatest charm in how confident and overwhelming they are to add both points and bring both benefits. That was what fascinated me the most, “shared the Lithuanian from Žalgiris.
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On Thursday, the “Žalgiris” basketball players will leave for Milan, where on Friday they will be received by “Olimpia”, who is setting great goals.
In the friendly tournament of the Euroleague, Ettore Messina’s troops had no problem with the people of Žalgiris, but during these two months a lot of water leaked and the situation changed.
Although Olimpia march without stumbling in the national championships – 8 of the 8 victories, as in all the Euroleague teams, there is no lack of interference in the capital of fashion.
Milan’s basketball players, who had three victories in the first four matches, subsequently played only one Euroleague match in a month, which they lost to Valencia 81:86.
The reason is an outbreak of coronavirus in both own and rival teams.
Before the match in Italy – “Žalgiris” positive Lithuanian, who was not present in the last stretch before the match with CSKA.
“We looked more solid on defense, even though we lost 87 points,” Jokokaitis said. – It’s about the first half. We had some tough shots at the end of the game. In defense, the image was more solid, which the coach asked all the players. I can’t say that defense superBut the match was not determined by poor defense, but by the individual dominance of CSKA players. “
“It was definitely more positive than in the game with Maccabi or Real,” Grigonis said. – At times we defended very well. Not everyone likes our defense, but it worked really well. When we talk and rotate, I mean, defense really works. More positive, but the result is not satisfactory. It’s a difficult month, you have to take what’s left “.
The start of the Olimpia and Žalgiris matches in Milan is on Friday at 9:45 p.m.
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