Another battle in Pamaskve: Žalgiris fights the dismembered Chimki team of Corimavir | Euroleague

Before the match, during the big break and after the final siren 15min from Facebook Watch a discussion of the hottest events on the “Hot Feet” show.

JanV Tim, Jordan Mickey, and Yevgeny Voronov were reported to have been infected with COVID-19 last week, with Chimki reporting that two more players were infected on Friday morning, Maxim Barashkov and Greg Monroe.

It is true that the latter’s situation is somewhat puzzling and identical to that of Kaunas “Žalgiris” on Friday. It turns out that G. Monroe’s repeat test, like J. Lauvergne’s, was negative.

In the next few days, a 30-year-old, 211cm tall American will undergo another test to make sure that Friday’s test results were not incorrect.

As if the aforementioned headaches weren’t enough for Rima Kurtinaitis, the club’s main star Alexei Švedas, as well as Stefan Jovičius, cannot help the Russian national team due to injuries, and the American Errick McCollum, who recently joined the team. , is still in quarantine.

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“We don’t know who they are going to play and which players will be on the field, so their rotation can change dramatically. But we decided that we had to be prepared for all scenarios. The players should not be surprised, ”stressed Martin Schiller, who is preparing plans A and B for the Mytishchi match.

“I follow the Lithuanian Basketball League and I know how Žalgiris plays. They have a promising new coach, Martin Schiller, who has accumulated experience in the American game. He was one of the best coaches in the G league and Žalgiris’s style of play It changed. If Šaro’s “Žalgiris” focused on defense and a clear game plan in attack, now Žalgiris people play fast and with a lot of freedom. It’s something reminiscent of American basketball, “said Rimas Kurtinaitis.

In the first round, Athens’ Panathinaikos lost 76:78 at Chimki’s home, and Žalgiris celebrated the victory at Piraeus 68:67.

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The course of the match. Moscow region “Chimki” – Kaunas “Žalgiris”

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