Hot moment in Kaunas: anger from Žalgiris fans and apology from rival coach | Euroleague

There are 2.8 seconds left until the end of the game Artūras Milaknis threw the ball over the edge. A handful of Žalgiris fans began to split towards the start, despite impeccable chanting from the Green White Boys fans. The rest stood up and clapped and thanked the people of Žalgiris for the fight.

Hesitating for a moment during the game break, Valencia strategist J. Ponsarnau went to the secretariat and asked for a minute of rest. After the arena speaker announced this, a deafening roar was heard from the Žalgiris arena. Unaware of this action, Joffrey Lauvergne groaned with unsatisfied hands.

Valencia already had the victory firmly in their hands 94:82, but in the less than three seconds remaining they wanted to increase the advantage even more. However, the crowd of thousands of Lithuanians did not like it.

After a minute of rest, the noise of J. Ponsarnau’s maneuver did not stop. The combination was set up for Slovenian Clement Prepelic, but Thomas Walkup smashed through Bojan Dubljevičius and forced the sniper to land a difficult shot. This one flew by.

Going to congratulate Mr. Schiller on his fight, Mr. Ponsarnau, without waiting for anything, explained why he had asked for a one-minute break that had caused so much noise.

From the Euroleague television cameras it could be concluded that the Žalgiris specialist was not offended at all. It was seen in this 15 minutes in the video:

Later, Schiller did that 15 minutes He also commented at a press conference.

“Ponsarnau said they wanted points. He apologized for the late break, but explained that he only wanted points. It is as it is, ”M. Schiller did not say much.

J.Ponsarnau apologized to “Žalgiris” at least twice, both during a hearty post-victory interview on Euroleague TV and at an official press conference.

“I want to apologize for the last minute break, but I took it because we have great respect for Žalgiris. We and Žalgiris will fight for a better place in the table, so every point is important. We had two seconds, I had to use them,” Ponsarnau explained.

The 49-year-old Spaniard really had nothing to apologize for, because it wasn’t a show of respect for “Žalgiris” at all. Valencia, who are in the playoffs, see the people of Žalgiris as a rival, who will also push for a place in the quarterfinals, and every point will be important in such a race. For example, if “Žalgiris” advances 13 points to the Valencian team in the second round, after matching the victories with “Valencia” in the tournament table, the Lithuanian champion will be one place higher. If Žalgiris wins by 11 points in Valencia, one less than what he lost, the Spanish club will be ahead.

By the way, until suspended in 2019-2020. Žalgiris and Valencia had 12 wins and losses, 12 and 16, respectively, and the people from Žalgiris were one position higher than the Spanish, ninth.

When J. Ponsarnau broke into the tribune of the Žalgiris stadium, another Valencia representative, Derrick Williams, silenced them. The former NBA basketball player organized a performance at the Žalgiris Fortress, after which five thousand were sold out.

15 minutes offers to see the fantastic flights of D. William over the arch:

“Žalgiris” was also impressive. Especially in the first half, where he reached the record of three points in the first half of the Euroleague season, in the first 10 minutes he made up to 7 long shots of 9. Episodes of the charming attack by “Žalgiris” can be seen. 15 minutes in the prepared summary:

The opponents of “Žalgiris”, who stumbled for the first time in five games, climb to the tournament table. The next battle of the people of Žalgiris is that if the coronavirus team Vilelbana ASVEL stands up, it is scheduled for October 29. In France.