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Kaunas Žalgiris had to admit the advantage of the azulgrana club on Thursday afternoon 62:86.
Kaunas started the match well, but already in the second quarter the hosts fled and Žalgiris had no further chance of returning to the match in the second half of the match.
The Krepsinis.net portal reviewed the individual performance of the people of Žalgiris in Barcelona and rated it with marks.
Walkupas
# 0 Thomas Walkup (19 min, 3 points, 2 reps, 4 reps, 1 page, 1 ball). Rating – 4.
The player started the game solid and hit his first triple and managed the team well. Slightly off the crayfish, the American was knocked out by two quick hitting fouls that forced her to sit on a bench during the first quarter. Coming back in the second half, Th.Walkup was no longer as useful and lost several times from good positions, and once made a mistake on a flat spot. After the break, the player was completely invisible and can be commended unless he has a solid defense against Nick Calathes, who was at least partially neutralized.
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# 10 Nigel Hayes (21 min, 9 pts, 3 rebounds, 1 rebound, 1 rebound, 4 ballots). Rating – 6.
Although the American had good episodes in the first part of the game in attack, his shooting was severely hampered. Hayes made just 2 shots out of 10 “out of the game” and didn’t even take his good chances. It can be noted that even sometimes the Žalgiris player was slow to make decisions, and the kibi and the effective defense of the opponents mercilessly punished him for that and Žalgiris’s attack was simply stopped. On defense, the forward was confident in stopping Nikolas Mirotičius, who scored just 6 utility points. However, not even N. Hayes managed to avoid problems in the defense of the team, and the tall players of “Žalgiris” did not get along after the exchange against the basketball players of the Barcelona perimeter.
# 13 Paulius Jankūnas (10 min., 3 points, 4 reps, 2 res., 1 bl., 7 points). Rating – 5.
Although it seemed that the captain would have a hard time defending even on short passes against N. Mirotičius, it did not become a big problem for “Žalgiris”. P.Jankūnas played his usual game and got quite close to the basket. The Kaunas club won the fight on rebounds and grabbed up to 15 balls in attack, but even second chances didn’t bring much benefit. The Žalgiris veteran scored 7 utility points in this game and, according to this indicator, surpassed Barça team legend Juan Carlos Navarro to take second place in the league.
# 16 Karolis Lukošiūnas (13 min., 2 points, 3 reps, 1 res., 1 bl., 1 bl., 1 bl.). Rating – 2.
It seems that K. Lukošiūnas has earned the manager’s confidence and has already received important minutes in the game with Barcelona. Still, the sniper could not shine and although he scored 2 points, he did not avoid problems in defense and attack error. This basketball player’s main weapon is long shots, but K. Lukošiūnas threw a three-point shot only once and couldn’t hit it.
# 21 Artūras Milaknis (19 min., 8 points, 2 points, 6 helpful votes) Rating – 5.
The sniper played half of this match and then appeared to simply not participate in the match. A. Milaknis scored all 8 points during the first quarter of the game and although he had problems in defense, he was a good option in attack. It is strange that “Žalgiris”, caught in the rival defense in the second half of the match, A. Milaknis sat more on the subsidiary bench and returned to the field already when “Barcelona” had formed a sufficient advantage.
# 23 Martin Geben (15 min., 6 sts, 4 reps, 2 reps, 1 reps, 2 sts, 8 assists). Rating – 6.
The midfielder was able to provide energy in the third half, when Žalgiris’s attack was particularly stagnant. He was the only player on the Kaunas team who could score points “for the game” during this quarter. Still, it was already a time when there was no more intrigue in the game. On defense, M. Geben is not the center that could effectively swap defenders and his opponents easily attacked him. Pikenrolo situations.
# 24 Agustín Rubit (24 min, 6 pts, 7 rebounds, 1 res., 2 pm, 7 pts). Rating – 5.
Rubit’s numbers don’t look too bad, but his game can’t be considered effective either. Opponents gave the stopper a chance to shoot from a distance, but unlike the match in Valencia, they failed to hit the Žalgiris player. In defense, A. Rubitas had many problems both with his direct rivals as he left after the exchange with the players on the perimeter of the rivals. Cory Higgins, who stayed against any tall man in Žalgiris, easily used his advantages and scored points.
Jokubaitis, Bolmaro
# 31 Rokas Jokubaitis (21 min., 6 points, 2 res., 3 cam., 3 bl., 5 points). Rating – 4.
“Žalgiris” played in Barcelona without L.Lekavičius, and already in the first half of the match Th.Walkupas picked up two quick fouls, so a good game from R.Jokubaitis was needed. Still, the young player failed to shine. The young player scored his “match” points only in the fourth quarter. The Kaunas club really lacked a better game organization and here R. Jokubaitis did his job insecure. He lacked sharpness and speed in decision making. Barcelona offered a lot of contact and thus managed to destroy all the ties of Žalgiris in the attack.
# 32 Steve’as Vasturia (6 min., 3 tšk., 1 rez. Per., 1 per. Kam., 5 naud. Bal.).
Returning to the rotation, S.Vasturia played only when “Žalgiris” had no chance to escape, so it is difficult to assess his performance. Still, the fact that the American hit a 3-pointer, and played a good stretch overall, gives us hope that we’ll still see him playing at bigger times and doing useful work for the team.
Grigonis
# 40 Marius Grigonis (28 min., 8 points, 1 rep, 4 res., 2 reps, 1 p., 10 helpful votes). Rating – 5.
Barcelona’s defensive defense managed to neutralize the Žalgiris leader. If in the first half of the match M. Grigonis managed to deal with the defense of the opponents again, then after the break, the opponents completely stopped him. Even Gregon, who stayed ahead of the opponents’ front-line players, got stuck and Brandon Davies and especially Pierre Oriola get a lot of credit for caring for the Lithuanian after the trade. Alex Abrines also did his work in the ranks of his opponents, who also closely supervised the Kaunas resident “1v1”. Although the “Žalgiris” defender made 5 long pitches, they were all inaccurate. Overall, the Kaunas club scored only 5 3s out of 19 (26 percent), and for that the merits go to the exemplary defense of the opponents. M. Grigonis had a hard time with C. Higgins, who scored 19 points in the basket for “Žalgiris”. It can be said that so far Barcelona is the best of all the Euroleague teams capable of stopping the attack from the Kaunas team leader.
# 77 Joffrey Lauvergne (25 min, 8 pts, 5 rebounds, 1 rebound, 3 rebounds, 7 helpful votes). Rating – 5.
Often the Frenchman’s problem is poor shooting or even selection, but this time the tall man used his chances quite well in attack: he hit 4 two points in 6 attempts. J.Lauvergne had more trouble on his side of the field, where both B.Davies and P.Oriola caused a lot of trouble for “Žalgiris”, with the latter Spaniard even playing the most productive and useful match of his Euroleague career. The center forward scored 19 points in the Lithuanian champions’ basket and scored 27 utility points. “Žalgiris” often has problems with the opponents’ front-line player and the match in Barcelona only exacerbated this flaw.
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