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Four more teams will return to Betsafe-LKL in March after the FIBA national team window. Two of them, Prietai CBet and Vilnius Rytas, are located in the fortress of the Prienai houses.
The teams have spent the past two weeks in a similar fashion, trying to infuse their newcomers (CBet – Demetrius Treadwell, Rytas – Ivan Buva) into the game’s schematics, polishing various aspects of the game and preparing for the rest of the regular season.
“There is a new person in the team, we have introduced that person to our defense and attack,” Prieniškės striker Mindaugas Sušinskas told the LKL.lt website. – Of course, the defense does not shine, we try to handle things there. It probably won’t do long, because two weeks isn’t a long time. “
“First of all, we had days off, we rested, we shook our heads and then we got ready,” said the capital’s basketball player Gytis Radzevičius. – The coaches introduced some of these innovations in the game, new combinations, a new person arrived. I think we have made good use of this time. “
On Friday, the Prienai Club announced that the former Marquis Wright was leaving the team as one of the team leaders. The American was statistically ranked among the best basketball players in Betsafe-LKL, averaging 17.3 points, 5.5 assists, 2.9 rebounds, 1.8 rebounds and 14.3 utility points.
Although the loss is not insignificant, M. Sušinskas does not make it a tragedy.
“The Marquis helped a lot, he played well against one. Now we will have to attack with teamwork. We will see how it goes, because until we have played, it is difficult to know just from training. We look good in training, we work hard, everything. it looks good, but when the game comes, we’ll see ”, said the forward.
Speaking about his own role after the defender’s departure, M. Sušinskas said that he still did not feel the increased personal responsibility: the loss of M. Wright would be offset by the efforts of the team.
“I am still more of a team player, not an individualist. We have good, young, promising players. They will distribute both minutes and Marquiso points, everything will be fine. And I will play my basketball, I will try in every game, in every situation, etc. ”, The basketball player remained modest.
The students of Giedrius Žibėnas are experiencing a rebound: when this strategist took command of the team, the people of Vilnius still did not feel the bitterness of defeat. G. Radzevičius, whom LKL.lt interviewed, was also pleased with his growing role.
“The fact is that it was somewhat conditioned by the change of coaches, I got normal minutes. When you get the confidence of the coach, minutes, it’s a completely different image on the pitch than with small minutes, because then you won’t do any good ”, – shared the Vilnius resident his thoughts on the pleasant section.
The players also highlighted the most important aspects of the upcoming duel.
“They have two strong midfielders and some very good throwers. It will be important to stop the scorers and deal with the greats, get the balls back and so on,” said the CBet player.
“Prienai is always dangerous. Besides the languages we can’t relax in, they still have good players in all positions. We saw him play with Utena, who relaxed and was about to play. I think it’s important not to relax, because they can punish “, – the representative of the Vilnius club did not underestimate the competitors.
Although the first two battles between them were won by the championship runners-up, these were not easy rides. In both matches, the Vilnius players finally broke the match only in the third quarter.
“It just came to our knowledge then. In the first Regimantas Miniotas continued to help us, and in the others we had to play without him. We hit well in Vilnius and that hit allowed us to keep up with the game,” recalled M. Sušinskas from their previous duel. with the people of Vilnius.
“It’s hard to say that we had many problems of our own. But the fact is that in this league it is necessary to play with everyone, without languages ”, G. Radzevičius remained cautious.
The broadcast of CBet and Rytas will begin on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. through BTV TV.
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