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The big festivals of the year are getting closer and closer, and another celebration awaits the country’s basketball fans: already on Sunday, two grandparents of the country, Kaunas “Žalgiris” and Vilnius “Rytas”, will explain the relationships in the Betsafe championship- LKL.
We invite you to watch the live broadcast of the match from Kaunas starting at 5 pm on the BTV channel and on LKL.lt.
This will be the second meeting of these teams of the season. The first, held in Vilnius at the end of October, was won by 84:72 by the people of Žalgiris.
True, the two halves of Donald Kairis’s students basically dictated the conditions of the match, but after the break, the champions took the initiative into their own hands, sniffing forward and didn’t look back.
Since then, Rytas has played three matches in LKL, during which he has earned a victory. It is worth mentioning that Vilnius residents have not been on the floor since mid-November, when they settled with Juventus from Utena 100: 79 in Utena.
In addition to the recent lack of practice, the capital club will enter the field on Sunday bleeding; Due to injuries, team captain Arnas Butkevičius, Rokas Gustys and Andrew Goudelock will not be able to play. rookie Ryan Boatright.
Undoubtedly, the Kaunas teams face a difficult challenge, but, as A. Butkevičius mentioned earlier in the interview with LKL.lt, the most important thing to know after such a match is that each player gave their best. .
“It all comes down to one point at the tournament table. How was the match, no one will remember, everyone will only remember who won that match. This is first and foremost the most important thing for us to win, but everyone after the game knows perfectly well whether they gave everything in the duel or not. If you know you’ve done all you could, sometimes even losing isn’t too self-defeating. But if you know that you didn’t give up everything in the match, then that defeat crosses over even more, “the team captain told LKL.lt.
If “Rytas” achieved victory in Kaunas, they would be equal in number with the people of Žalgiris – both teams would have eight victories on their accounts. It is true that Kaunas residents have played two fewer games so far.
It is true that if the Vilnius club has not had a match lately, then the people of Žalgiris played without interruption, the matches were waiting for them both in the Euroleague and in the Lithuanian championship.
On the contrary, they now have a very tight schedule. On Friday, the Kaunas players played against Barcelona, on Sunday they will have to compete against Rytas, on Tuesday there will be a rescheduled LKL match in Kėdainiai with local Nevėžis-Optibet, and on Friday, a flight to Greece and a match with the Panathinaikos of Athens.
Although Žalgiris is still stuck in European competitions, there is no time to think about it. Kaunas team defender Rokas Jokubaitis also spoke about it after Friday’s game.
“Clearly, those losses are not the most pleasant. Still, there are many games ahead this month, so there is no time to think about it. We will have to forget about these matches and prepare for Vilnius Morning. Of course, we are the ones who are most concentrated in the Euroleague, so we are sad about the losses, but we are not really devastated, “said the basketball player at a press conference.
The Kaunas club generally uses a wider rotation at local championships, which may mean that Marekas Blaževičius, a newcomer to the Kaunas team, will also have the opportunity to play against his former team.
The basketball player did not play in the first game, and overall his score averaged 7.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 7.7 utility points per game in the three games played so far.
The main sponsor of Betsafe-LKL considers Žalgiris to be the favorite of the match and gives him almost an 86 percent chance of winning.
It will be the only game on Sunday, but two more games will be played on Saturday.
In the first of them, the Pasvalys “Milk Stars” club, which is gaining momentum, will host “Šiauliai” at home.
Antanas Sireika students have currently won two consecutive victories in the tournament, but according to Betsafe, this series will end on Saturday – Pasvalys’ team’s chances of winning are estimated at 79 percent.
You can find out if the hosts will confirm their predictions by watching the game on LKL.lt starting at 5 pm.
In the upcoming battle on Saturday, Panevėžys “Lietkabelis”, who defeated the coronavirus, will return to LKL competition after a 42-day hiatus. The Nenad Chanak students are looking forward to a trip to the beach and a battle with “Neptune” from Klaipeda.
The meeting will be broadcast on the BTV channel and LKL.lt starting at 5 pm, and the residents of Panevėžys are considered favorites (72.8%).
It is also worth mentioning that next week up to four of the previously canceled matches will be played, you can see them all through LKL.lt.
Pieno Žvaigždės and Neptūnas will play in Pasvalys on Tuesday at 6 pm, Nevėžis-Optibet in Kaunas will host Žalgiris in Kėdainiai, and a meeting between the hosts and the teams of Utena Juventus will start in Šiauliai at 7 pm.
A match will also be played on Wednesday: Alytus “Dzūkija” will host Prienai “CBet”, this match will start at 6.30pm.
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