Grigonis: “The funniest thing is that we did not lose the Jankūnas record” / News

Marius Grigonis, who played one of the best matches of his career in the Euroleague after the victory in Athens, highlighted the good defense and was satisfied with the record set by Paulius Jankūnas.

For Jankūnas, Friday’s game against Panathinaikos was the 354th and thus veteran Žalgiris became the Euroleague record holder. The captain beat Felipe Reyes (353 games).

“It’s good that we won, that series of defeats is over. The funniest thing was that we lost only 69 points and we didn’t lose Jank’s record. In the wardrobe, we traditionally clean the Jankūnas with water and so on. Fun, the man we both gave to this club and played in the Euroleague. Even if I didn’t want to improve that record, “Grigonis said after the game.

The sniper scored 24 points (3/6 dvit., 6/8 trit.) In the 28 minutes, he bounced 6 balls, added 3 assists and scored 24 utility points.

In this way, he improved his shooting record by three points and came close to the records for points scored (25) and efficiency points (27).

“With pleasure, the pitches fell, but they could fall more often,” Grigonis said of his performance.

Žalgiris broke a series of six failures in Athens and won for the first time since October 29.

“We went to all the games in the same way, we didn’t think there would be six, it would be seven, eight… We didn’t think, we stayed the same, we tried to concentrate even more to win.

Perhaps in this game we speak more in defense. We will have to watch the video, they didn’t read our defense, they always threw the ball and we wanted to do it, ”Grigonis said.

After the match, Kaunas had one blue eye and his elbow was wrapped in ice. Are there healthy places for the basketball player?

“There are still (smiles). I cannot comment, if they translate my language, they will have to pay dearly,” Grigonis said.

Next week, the Žalgiris Euroleague players will play two home games. They will host Baskonia from Vitoria on Tuesday and Fenerbahche from Istanbul on Thursday.

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