Grigonis brought out “Žalgiris” again: “We are saved, that’s why we deserve to win” / News

Nuotr .: Valencia Basket / Miguel Ángel Polo

Nuotr .: Valencia Basket / Miguel Ángel Polo

Nuotr .: Valencia Basket / Miguel Ángel Polo

Nuotr .: Valencia Basket / Miguel Ángel Polo

Nuotr .: Valencia Basket / Miguel Ángel Polo

Kaunas “Žalgiris”, who lost the seven-point lead during the final 45 seconds, was saved again this season by Marius Grigonis’s decisive shot. The sniper, who killed the Valencia team, said that Kaunas residents were frustratingly wasting their advantage, but at the same time pointed out that they were worthy of victory.

“It just came to our knowledge then. It’s fun now because there would have been a very depressing mood. We already had those matches, that’s all … Prepeličius throws when we have to change, our French came up with something to do (smiles) That attack of ours was funny … I don’t shoot when I’m free at 25 seconds, the next pitch, even though we have to hold the ball. I hope we learn.

We play very stupidly, as a team that does not belong to the Euroleague. But all is well, now it’s easy, we can joke that shot fell again. It’s fun, “Grigonis said after the win.

“Žalgiris” was 3 points behind and had the ball. Grigonis performed the spindle and, playing the sirens at close range, performed two points with one hand.

Grigonis’ comments after the match:

– Mariau, what did you think before the decisive 3 seconds?
– We sat down and realized that we had what we deserved. If you play stupid, good teams take advantage of that. He drew such a combination that Thomas Walkup said that if he found nothing, he would give me the ball right away. It gave. Everything that is good ends well. Either Milaknis had to be taken out for a triple, or we had to throw the ball to Lauvergne from under the basket. But no one got it, so I had to improvise.

– How was the final release successful?
– They played in such a way that the small ones in the front change everything and the big ones below. I caught the ball and thought I was going to hit a triple or try to push. Then I saw Hermannsson coming, I made the spindle and I saw that the two of us had fallen behind. I pulled and, I see, inside. Funny.

Man of the match

– How fast in such situations in mind everything is possible to evaluate?
– Even if those thoughts fly, it’s so fast that no one picks them up. You understand and you know that you have to somehow get to that hole. Try and so on.

– When you blew a 7-point lead in 45 seconds, was there no thought in the one-minute break that you deserved to lose?
– I said we got what we deserved, and now we will escape or not. We survive, so we deserve to win.

– In the second half of the game it was more difficult to create shots, did the opponents change anything?
– We knew that Valencia would reach the third quarter with more energy. We fight, we try to respond and we control the game. Valencia attacked well and we were quite defensive in defense. To that end … I could clean everything up and throw it away. Today we would be sad, going to Vitoria and all over again from the beginning. Better mood today. We have one, we need another.

– Artūras Milaknis scored the triple 400 today. Is he the best sniper you’ve played with?
– Yes, I really do. Milas is the best, he shoots those triples very well. Well done. He is not a lost pitcher and very safe during training.

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