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The equal number of victories (after 19) in the LKL championships and the fluctuating sporting form of the teams gave reason to expect a tenacious match on Sunday night in Vilnius, if only it had taken place as planned at 5:20 p.m. in the capital.
“Rytas” has been in full swing lately, counting the series of twelve wins in the LKL championship.
If during the first two winning matches Giedrius Žibėnas only temporarily replaced the disqualified Donald Kairis, then the change of coaches that took place in mid-January significantly affected the team that continued the chain of won matches: G.Žibėnas has not lost a single one. . match Rytas leader.
Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / Giedrius Žibėnas
Žalgiris has seven consecutive wins in LKL championships. The last time Martin Schiller’s team stumbled in late January during a match at Utena, but since then they have been running smoothly in the LKL competition and won the King Mindaugas Cup.
But in the Euroleague, Žalgiris people’s affairs have recently slipped, losing three games in a row and falling to eleventh place.
On the home front, “Žalgiris” and “Rytas” met twice this season.
At the start of the season, Kaunas basketball players had to focus on taking Vilnius’ 84:72 victory, but the five players competing at the time were either no longer on the team or healing injuries.
In the second match, Rytas, who appeared for various reasons without several important players, suffered a crushing 45:92 defeat.
Rokas Gustys and Kristjanas Kitsingas, who are being treated for long-term injuries, cannot help Rytas now, and Žalgiris is working without light forwards Artūras Milaknis and Patricis Garinas.
After receiving an unexpected day off, the Kaunas Club will now be able to focus on other Euroleague matches, on Thursday at the “Žalgiris” stadium with the “Maccabi” basketball players from Tel Aviv.
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