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The Khimki club, which has five Lithuanians on its coaching staff, lost the first Euroleague game, landing at Panathinaikos Athens 76:78 at home on Friday.
But R. Kurtinaitis, who did not have several leaders due to injuries, also found positive things in the lost game.
“It just came to our notice then. We played well for 38 minutes, but in the end we made a series of wrong decisions that didn’t allow us to win. R. Kurtinaitis is quoted on the Chimki club website. – We lost, but I saw a lot of positive moments in this failure.
At the same time, we weren’t good enough under our basket, allowing opponents to bounce 19 balls on attack. That is what became the key to Panathinaika’s victory. Slava Zaicevas played a good game. He defended well, although there were some glitches, like the last pitch at the end of the third quarter, when he could play better. But everyone is wrong. Principe Slava performed admirably for. Panathinaikos risked it, allowed himself to be released and Slava took advantage of it. It’s one of his best games. “
Photo from Getty Images / Euroleague.net/Rimas Kurtinaitis
V.Zaicevas, who scored 11 points, was the most useful (17 points) in the Khimki team.
“I’m glad I played my best game, but we lost, so it’s not that important,” said the Russian basketball player. – It is difficult to play without Swede, who wins most of the points. It’s difficult, but we have to play for Sweden now and for ourselves. “
Devin Booker scored 15 points for the Russian club, Latvian Dairis Bertanis for 14 points.
“All the games were nervous,” assessed D. Bertanis at the start of the Euroleague. – There were moments when absolutely nothing failed: neither in attack nor in defense. Then we played very well and then the pit came back. That was the game. “
Getty Images / Euroleague.net nuotr./Dairis Bertanis
The Latvian basketball player stressed that we now have to try to win other matches, which will be played at Khimki Hall on Friday, when the Russian club will be tested by Kaunas “Žalgiris”, who started victory in Greece before the Euroleague season in El Piraeus.
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