After the overwhelming victory, there is anxiety for Vastura / News

Kaunas strategist “Žalgiris” Martin Schiller had more to worry about players’ health than he did on the video field in Sunday’s game with Vilnius “Rytas”. His pupils crushed the capital club bleeding from injuries and illnesses 92:45, but lost to Steve Vasturi.

The defender from “Žalgiris”, who started the game in the fifth start, went to the basket after the dissolution and, although he continued the game for some time, he soon asked to be substituted.

On his bench, his left knee was immediately wrapped in an ice pack and the American no longer appeared in the game.

After the duel, Žalgiris coach Schiller revealed that so far he cannot say anything about the condition of the defender’s knee, and more will be known on Monday after investigations.

At the beginning of the duel, there were more episodes that spooked Žalgiris: after contact with Martynas Echodis, Marius Grigonis stabbed himself in the ankle, but continued the game, and Rokas Jokubaitis was shocked. Still, he also competed later.

“We were a little scared of Marius and Rock, but they seem fine. We just need to know about Steve,” Schiller said after the match.

The strategist of “Žalgiris” did not want to expand on the matches, because, according to the coach, they were too determined by the defeats of “Rytas”. Andrew Goudelock, Arnas Butkevičius and Rokas Gustys were unable to help the Vilnius team due to injuries, and Ryan Boatright and Maurice Ndour are suffering from coronavirus.

“Obviously, the game was affected by the lack of Ryto players.” With so many basketball players in the morning, it is not a regular game, there is nothing more to talk about, “said Schiller.

“Žalgiris” did not register Joffrey Lauvergne for the match, and Augustine Rubitas, although registered, did not appear on the field. Thus, Marekas Blaževičius got more playing time, who spent 22 minutes on the court and scored 10 points, bounced 6 balls and blocked 3 shots.

Blaževičius blocked Mindaugas Girdžiūnas and Echodas at the start of the match, receiving a stormy reaction from his teammates.

In addition to all this performance, Schiller also liked Blaževičius’s communication on defense.

“He was very focused on talking to his teammates so they knew what was going on behind his back,” said the strategist.