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On Tuesday, Kaunas Žalgiris played a postponed Euroleague match at home with basketball players from Belgrade’s Crvena Zvezda. Although there were two halves ahead, after the break the Kaunas club settled things and celebrated the victory – 75:62.
The Krepsinis.net portal reviewed the individual performance of Kaunas residents and rated it with ratings.
Walkupas
# 0 Thomas Walkup (29 min, 6 pts, 2 reps, 7 reps, 1 reps, 13 helpful votes). Rating – 9.
The United States Legionnaire (USA) played another solid match. Although it was not possible to avoid mistakes in the team’s defense before the break, Th.Walkup showed the highest level play in the second half of the match. Although opponents leader Jordan Loyd scored 16 points, it can be said that Kaunas residents neutralized their problem at the most important moment. Th.Walkup hit just a triple of 5, but he led the game with confidence: he finished the game again without making a mistake, but managed up to 7 assists.
# 4 Lukas Lekavičius (16 min., 6 pts, 2 reps, 1 res., 2 p., 6 p.). Rating – 6.
“Žalgiris” has a pretty clear rotation this season and if at least one player retires, problems arise. It is gratifying that L. Lekavičius returned and immediately realized tangible benefits. Kaunas residents chose points as usual Floateriais and attacked the Belgrade club in their usual 2v2 game. The opponents tried to play extremely physical basketball and their perimeter basketball players weren’t very friendly with L. Lekavičius, so he sometimes struggled on defense.
# 10 Nigel Hayes (28 min., 16 pts, 5 reps, 3 res., 3 pm, 20 pp.). Rating – 10.
N.Hayes is always the first in the arena “Žalgiris” and performs a series of additional throws. This time he did so by asking for classical music to be played in the arena. This seems to have worked, as the striker showed a big hit “out of the game” during the match. Hit all 3 colons and 3 tricots out of 5 attempts. In the first part of the match, the good play of N. Hayes allowed Žalgiris to stay in the match. After the break, the residents of Kaunas have already shown a much stronger defense, and N. Hayes is one of the strongest pillars of that defense.
Jankūnas, Simonovičius
# 13 Paulius Jankūnas (10 min., 4 pts., 6 pp. P., 1 p. Grade – 6.
The captain’s first entry on the pitch was not very successful. P.Jankūnas picked up two fouls very quickly, and the opponents’ attackers were dangerous from the three-point zone, so it was not easy for the veteran on defense. Even in the fourth quarter, Žalgiris managed to shine with his usual style. At one point, he corrected an inaccurate throw from a teammate well, and before long he grabbed a total of 6 balls and took over once.
# 21 Artūras Milaknis (8 min., 0 points, 2 res., -1 useful ball).
The sniper has not finished the game due to a pain in the groin and there is even the threat that this basketball player will go to Madrid. Before the break, A. Milaknis made a couple of long throws, but they didn’t reach the goal. Later, after the game, M. Schiller admitted that the Žalgiris player does not currently have the same pace as at the beginning of the season.
# 23 Martin Geben (6 min., 2 points, 1 useful ball). Rating – 6.
Although the tall player played quite low, he managed to score. Geben is effective Pikenrolo in the game and Žalgiris tries to use it closer to the basket. In defense, the midfielder did not have major problems during the minutes played.
Blonde
# 24 Augustine Rubitas (25 min., 15 points, 8 reps., 1 bl., 1 bl., 16 points). Rating – 9.
In the first part of the match, the tall man was a couple of times late to jump on Markas Simonovičius, who had attacked from a distance, and punished him mercilessly for it. At one point, A. Rubitas even broke the rules against an opponent in the three-point zone. Still, after the break, Žalgiris became one of the main smiths of victory. In attack A.Rubitas punished the opponents with his shot from the middle distance and fought closer to the basket, and in defense he did it against Ognjen Kuzmičius.
# 31 Rokas Jokubaitis (27 min., 0 points, 1 rebound, 1 res., 1 bl., 0 points). Rating – 4.
The defender spent up to 27 minutes on the court, but during them he attacked the basket only once and made only one effective pass. It can be said that R. Jokubaitis seemed to have disappeared in this match attack. Although he was assaulted at the time, he tried to play the game roughly, but it was difficult to break through the opponents defense. R. Jokubaitis was once late to jump on his opponent and had to call it off with an accurate long throw from his opponent.
Grigonis
# 40 Marius Grigonis (36 min., 17 points, 3 reps, 6 res., 1 reps, 24 helpful votes). Rating – 10.
The Žalgiris leader, a half and a half, was silent and even got the impression that physically strong Serbs were capable of neutralizing Kaunas. Later, M. Grigonis shot and scored 8 points in the first half of the match and allowed “Žalgiris” to get close. The defender read the game perfectly in the second half of the match and completed the attacks alone or successfully assisted teammates. The Kaunas club will play a match against Real Madrid on Friday, so it is very important that M. Grigonis, who has played in this match for 36 minutes, physically recovers.
# 77 Joffrey Lauvergne (15 min, 9 pts, 5 rebounds, 3 innings, 1 pm, 12 pts). Rating – 6.
Although the French statistics seem quite good, not everything has turned out well. This time, again, there was a lack of better use of opportunities, and sometimes J. Lauvergne tried to break the opponents defense too straight. The Kaunas club seemed more efficient with a slightly lower five and therefore used O. Kuzmičius’s immobility more successfully. J.Lauvergne did better not against the latter, but when he pushed closer to the basket with Mark Jagodicius-Curija.
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