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“Žalgiris” (15/16) landed at Maccabi’s home in Tel Aviv (17/12) 81:88.
Most on the team – 32 min. – M. Grigonis, who failed on the floor, scored 14 points and had 6 assists.
But he made a mistake five times, he didn’t always get along on defense and hit only 2 out of 7 colones. And worst of all, his pitches flew sideways in the fourth quarter.
The team’s attack leader after the match was determined to take full responsibility for the failure on his own.
“I can only comment on my game, which has had a hole for a long time and today was its bottom. Sleep us mistakes, missed shots. And when the team needed it, fatigue came … It’s scary. If I was the player you could trust at the end of the game, that was not the case now. I can only bear all the blame ”, M. Grigonis did not wrap his words in watts.
Martin Schiller tried to score a goal for his team.
“I respect Marius more for his fighting nature, desire to win, respect self-criticism. His role is huge. I have no doubt that he will be good again in decisive situations,” said the helmsman of “Žalgiris”.
But M. Grigonis is probably the last one in need of comfort.
The strong-hearted player beat himself relentlessly at the press conference.
– There are 2 minutes to play. you sit on a free bench for a while. As you mentioned, did you get tired or was something wrong with the hand because it was “manipulated” by the doctors?
– The blood began to flow, but I had to get off the field a long time ago according to my game. I myself would have dated a long time ago.
– Who dug that well you mentioned?
– I don’t know, you need to learn to play basketball better. These are the reasons. You can search for them, justify them, but everything in the square is visible, everyone sees. There is nothing to hide here.
– Rokas Jokubaitis took over the decisive shots this time. No matter how critically you talk about yourself, do you think it was a good decision?
– But you saw how my stretching was before … I had to sit on a bench, it would be stupid if it weren’t. Although our rotation is very poor … But still, there is nothing to say when you play like this.
– What is more – psychological or physical fatigue?
– I don’t know when you lose, everything is recovered. I can only speak for myself. Something is missing, I don’t know, maybe it’s fatigue. But this is a stupid excuse, there is no point in using it.
– If I count correctly, you’ve broken the step rule three times tonight.
– Maybe even more. Today he thought so, so he whistled. If they whistle, they’ll know better. You have to learn not to step.
– What needs to happen for the team to bounce back and fight for a playoff spot before the end of the regular season?
– I don’t know, it’s difficult to change something at the end of the season. You have to keep believing and working, you won’t find any miracle here. Everyone has to take responsibility, just play better and win better, and resist it.
Žalgiris Counter Stats – Maccabi
Kaunas was not helped by the injured defender Artūras Milaknis on Thursday, but striker Patricio Garino finally made his Euroleague debut in the “Žalgiris” jersey. After recovering from a knee operation, the Argentine played for 3 minutes. and did not score. At the time, Maccabi was missing midfielder Othello Hunter and defender Yovel Zoosman.
The first-round teams ‘clash last November in Tel Aviv turned out to be Kaunas’ worst game of the season and the most painful loss of all time in matches between them 57:85.
Throughout history, Žalgiris and Maccabi met 31 times in the European arena, and the Lithuanians managed to win 11 times.
Next week, Schiller’s students will play two Euroleague matches with German clubs. A home game with ALBA Berlin awaits him on Tuesday and a trip to Bayern Munich on Thursday.
Euroleague regular season on April 8. He will finish the duel in his place with the Panathinaikos of Athens.
Maccabi, who no longer expect to make the playoffs, will compete with Barcelona and Crvena Zvezda from Belgrade next week.
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