Donaldas Kairys: “It turns out that we are a sniper team” / News

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Vilnius Rytas earned LKL’s third win by shooting 18 points out of three out of 31 for Pasvalys’ Milk Stars, and after the match Donaldas Kairys was happy with this number, noting that his team has a green light for long shots.

“It just came to our knowledge then. If we create a good opportunity, then all shots are good for us, triples are equal. They (basketball players) have the green light to shoot as much as they want. With some conditions that must be met. Kairys spoke with a smile after the game 106: 82.

The Vilnius team gained the lead early and crushed the guests with 26 points in the second half and scored 65 points in the first half of the match.

However, after a long break, “Rytas” appeared a bit, and at the same time the lead had decreased to 11 points.

“The game started very well, perhaps too well,” Kairys said. – That lightness affected us in the second half of the game. We started the third quarter badly, with a mistake, with non-aggressive decisions. Later, not only did the attack fail, but the defense also passed, we gave a lot of 3s to our opponents. It turns out that the most difficult thing was to take it and thus stop the opponent’s attack. But we will learn.

We just want solidity to keep the basketball line correct, not look at the result. We will have to work hard in each game and know that we have to respect each attack and play successfully.

The specialist also enjoyed the game of his young basketball players. Lukas Uleckas scored 18 points (3/3 double, 4/6 trit) in 18 minutes and bounced 1 ball.

Augustas Marčiulionis scored no points in 12 minutes (0/1 dvit., 0/1 trit.), But he did 5 assists, and with the player on the field, the team scored 10 more points than the opponents.

“I am very happy with the contribution of my young basketball players, especially Uleck and August Marčiulionis. I think they played a very good game and gave us the right game at the right time,” said Kairys.

Vilnius residents will play the next match almost a week later, on October 2, when they will meet Alytus “Dzūkija”.

Pasvalys head coach Gediminas Petrauskas was disappointed in his students’ defense.

“We couldn’t start the game, the first part of the game was very bad. Of course, especially in defense. If the attack worked a bit, and in the second half, it’s really not bad, then the defense was really disappointing, especially in the first half, “said the coach.

Pieno Žvaigždės will play next match with Kaunas Žalgiris. The duel will take place next Sunday, October 4.

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