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Head of the Lithuanian men’s basketball team. coach Darius Maskoliūnas iFourteen players have been selected, with whom Avia Solutions Group will enter the decisive battles in the final stage of the Men’s European Basketball Championship on February 20-22 in Vilnius. According to the main sponsor of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation “Betsafe” Lithuanians will play with previously proven players, although the NBA and some European basketball players will not be able to rejoin.
“The last window did not go as we wanted and planned, I told the players in the locker room even after the competition with the Belgians. Of course, in the last window we wanted to allow our veterans to rest and close the selection with younger basketball players, but we have not done our job to the maximum and it is up to everyone to do it now, ”said D. Maskoliūnas. on the current situation of the Lithuanian national team before the last window.
Factor X – V. Kariniauskas
Šarūnas Vasiliauskas and Vaidas Kariniauskas, who have not been in the team coached by D. Maskoliūnas but have already worn the Lithuanian national team shirt before, should be included in the final line-up before the decisive selection window of the European Championship. The coach named the latter player as a big boost for the team: Olympics. I know well what he is capable of and what he can contribute to the team. His level at Utena exceeds all expectations and I know he can give us many tangible benefits. “The statistics from Betsafe-LKL confirm the great season and the versatility of the player: V. Kariniauskas records up to 17.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 6 , An average of 8 effective transfers and 19.6 utility scores. During the last three LKL competitions, the player kept attacking the double-doubles and accumulated an average of 27.3 utility points, scored 19 points each and made even 8.7 assists.
Game highlights and motivation
Whether you are interested in whether you can expect significant changes to the game in the Euro qualifiers, the coach highlighted not the tactical decisions, but the psychological preparation: “This phrase is already boring, but it is a reality, we only have the the time we have. We are going to match what we have, but the most important thing to me is that everyone understands the importance of this window. When you are invited to a national team, you don’t even have to talk about motivation, but as we can see in the last window, that time is probably over. This time we have a situation that is not “not wanting”, but simply “necessary”, so I expect maximum concentration.
In group C of the selection tournament, D. Maskoliūnas students share 2-3 places with the Danish national team, and the host Czech Republic and the top two teams in the group will enter the European Championship. February 20 The Lithuanians will face the Czech Republic, who won in the first match with a score of 97:89 and on February 22. with the Danish team losing by 76:80.
The complete composition of the Lithuanian men’s basketball team: Kalnietis blankets, Lokomotiv-Kuban from Krasnodar; Šarūnas Vasiliauskas, Petkim Spor of Izmir; Vaidas Kariniauskas, Utena “Juventus”, Mindaugas Girdžiūnas, Vilnius “Morning”; Arnas Velička, Braunschweig Lions; Arnas Butkevičius, Vilnius Morning; Tomas Dimša, Las Palmo “Gran Canaria”; Jonas Mačiulis, Athens AEK; Mindaugas Kuzminskas, “Lokomotiv-Kuban”; Eimantas Bendžius, Sasaris “Dinamo”, Gytis Masiulis, Panevėžys “Lietkabelis”; Laurynas Birutis, Obradoiro Monbus from Santiago de Compostela, Marekas Blaževičius, Kaunas Žalgiris, Regimantas Miniotas, RetaBet from Bilbao.
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