Garin’s debut is crowned with the return of “Žalgiris” to the path of victories in the LKL league / News

Patricio Garino, who had not played for more than 10 months due to a knee injury, had his debut opportunity at Kaunas “Žalgiris” (3-1), which returned to the path of victories in the LKL.

A team led by Martin Schiller at Pasvalys 81:67 (20:21, 21:11, 25:21, 15:14) took care of Pasvalys’ team “Milk Stars” (1-3) led by Brankas Mirkovičius.

Garino entered the field in the first half, during which Schiller gave all twelve players a chance. The Argentine played 6 minutes, lost the only triple thrown, committed 3 times and scored -4 utility points.

The forward has not played an official match since 2019. November 22 Euroleague match with Zenit in Saint Petersburg.

Pasvalys’s people took the lead in the first half, when player Mirkovičius played unstoppable. He scored as many as 16 of the team’s 21 points and scored a total of 26 points (3/6 round trip, 4/7 trit., 8/8 penalty).

Before this duel, Schiller made changes to the starting five, which was invaded by Rokas Jokubaitis, who achieved the victory of Žalgiris in Piraeus.

The 20-year-old replaced Steve Vasturi in the starting lineup, scoring 9 points (3/5 doubles, 1/4 trit.) In 22 minutes, he had 3 assists and scored 6 utility points.

Main player Thomas Walkup played 13 minutes and left the field with -4 utility points. The utility of Martin Geben – 2 points.

Paulius Petrilevičius, who committed five fouls in 10 minutes, and Arvydas Šikšnius, the team’s second most productive basketball player (12 points), did not finish the game because of the foul limit used in the ranks of Pieno Žvaigždės.

“Žalgiris” suffered their first loss last week at home by 61:72, landing at Panevėžys “Lietkabelius”.

Milk stars: Brankas Mirkovičius 26 (7/13 pitches), Arvydas Šikšnius 12, Andreja Milutinovičius 8.

“Žalgiris”: Marius Grigonis (5 res.

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