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A.Gudaitis sends the ball in cold blood from the free throw line during EuroLeague matches at the start.
The Lithuanian imposed the 10 fines last week when Zenit basketball players broke the ALBA club in Berlin.
He was back on the penalty line last Monday, scoring all 5 penalties in a match in Vitoria with Baskonia.
In total, this season, A.Gudaitis imposed 25 fines out of 29, that is, 86 percent. accuracy.
So far, that’s the highest career rate for a 27-year-old forward.
While playing in Kaunas “Žalgiris” in 2013-2015, the accuracy of his fines reached just over 60 percent. In the Euroleague.
In the European Cup competition in Vilnius “Ryte”, the realization of his fines had decreased to 40%. and it went up to 70 percent. next season. In the ranks of Milan Olimpia, the accuracy of fines has risen and fallen from 71 percent in three years. up to 80 percent. and again up to 75 percent. last season.
Photo by Scanpix / Artūras Gudaitis
This season, the 208cm tall Lithuanian is the most accurate midfielder in the Euroleague.
“As for my 100 percent penalties, I am constantly working on this element during training, the psychological moment is also important here,” said A. Gudaitis on Sport-express.
According to the fines, the first is Žalgiris
According to the accuracy of free kicks in the Euroleague this season, A. Gudaitis is in sixth place, and first on this list his future competitor in Thursday’s game in Kaunas is Marius Grigonis.
Zalgiris has made all 37 free throws this year.
Understand instantly
- The most accurate penalty shooters in the Euroleague:
- 1. Marius Grigonis (“Žalgiris”) – 37 out of 37 (100%)
- 2. Nando de Colo (Fenerbahche) – 29 out of 29 (100%)
- 3. Jordan Loyd (Crvena zvezda): 49 out of 50 (98%)
- 4. Vladimir Lučičius (Bayern) – 48 out of 53 (90%)
- 5. Corey Walden (Crvena zvezda) – 37 out of 42 (88%)
- 6. Artūras Gudaitis (Zenit) – 25 out of 29 (86%)
Forwards Kaunas “Žalgiris”
Zenit played only their seventh Euroleague match on Monday, several matches postponed due to the coronavirus in the team in October.
Now Zenit climbed to sixth place with 5 wins and 2 losses, pushing three teams behind them, including Kaunas “Žalgiris” (5-5).
The Kaunas and St. Petersburg clubs will meet at the Žalgiris stadium this Thursday.
For the Zenit team, this will be the third game in six days, counting the games in Berlin and Vitoria.
“We have nothing to complain about on the schedule, our task is to keep playing and winning,” said A. Gudaitis.
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