G.Žibėnas – about A. Goudelock, a newcomer and a lot of days off in defense

“The players have really done a good job on defense today, especially in the second half of the game. He left with a lot of concentration on the main leaders of the rivals and that is reflected in the protocol, because he managed to exclude both Dominykas Domarkas from the game. like Mindaugas Sušinskas. Even Andrew Goudelock played very good episodes, because he had to defend Tom Digbeu and it was really not that easy for him to find his way to the basket, “added Žibėnas after the game.

Croatian Ivan Buva made an impressive debut in Vilnius, picking up a double-double (13 points and 11 rebounds) in the first game in the new team’s jersey and becoming the most useful player of the match (23 utility points).

Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / Giedrius Žibėnas

G.Žibėnas was also asked about the role of this tall team in the team.

“During training we tried to use I. Buvas and Martynas Echodas together. It was not necessary in today’s match, but if we play with taller players, we will try to use it anyway. You can play in both fourth and fifth position. He got up very solidly, already in the first game you can see that he is a high-level player, ”said Žibėnas.

Up to now. The strategist, who did not lose a single coach, added that the young Rapolas Ivanauskas will spend more time in the heavy advantage position, and after the injury, Kristjan Kitsing, who has already recovered and spent 8 minutes on the Prienai parquet, It will get you back to normal in a few weeks.

Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Kristian Kitsing

The coach revealed that during the long 16-day period between the penultimate match with Nevėžis and today’s battle with CBet, the players were able to recharge their batteries and relax a bit more.

“We gave the players a break. I can reveal that even 7 days were free. And we change our attack a little more because Ivan is a player who changes his attack strategy a bit. We put emphasis on defense and we really wanted this game. We wanted to play a friendly match in the middle of the FIBA ​​’window’, but we couldn’t find anyone. “