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Lithuanian national team coach Darius Maskoliūnas After defeating in Estonia, he spoke ironically about the celebration made by the rivals.
After 85:92, our team landed in Estonia.
“The only positive thing is that we made Estonians a good anniversary holiday.” We really didn’t want that, but we got a good match with the extension, a lot of excitement. As for the game itself, there are far more negatives than positives. Being taller in all positions, we lost the board and gave him 28 second chance points. They seemed much more willing and tougher, they have three attacks in one attack, we cannot take the ball that is in our hands.
I don’t survive at all due to missed shots, we create opportunities, but we don’t hit due to lack of game pace. There are no problems with that, but we just don’t defend ourselves. We let them control, run the game, and there is a lottery before such a team reaches the deciding seconds. We still had a chance to win, but no one will whistle for such a foul on the guests. Let’s continue unequivocally Kriisa formed triples and proved that it was worth staying in Kaunas. Great, he played a good game, “said the strategist.
Kerr Kriisa scored 26 points for the winners and made seven assists. The coach was not surprised by such a 19-year-old performance.
“No, that’s why he was training, we knew what he could do, what an emotional leader he was. Even in the men’s team, he never got lost, and here is a full-fledged leader. He took a few shots, shot and we didn’t stop him anymore,” said the coach.
It is fun for him to feel the rhythm of the game again after a break of several months: “It is fun, I have already mentioned it, a real game, although friendly, is a completely different emotion, we also had the opportunity to play against the spectators. It’s fun to have that opportunity. “
On Saturday, Lithuania will meet with Latvia and this failure will not change anything in the team’s plans.
“Nothing changes, we will continue to experiment, we will try five different situations and all kinds of situations,” said the specialist.
How do you rate the game of young basketball players?
“Everything is fine for Marek, young, the first game for the national team, I would say, it looked good, although there were tactical errors at the time.” Works well in training, strives and improves. In the future, I think there will be a strong pillar in the Lithuanian national team. So it’s a little bit more complicated because we’re pushing it through some positions. He does not feel his real place, therefore it is a bit more complicated for him, but I have no complaints, “said D. Maskoliūnas.
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