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On Thursday, the Lithuanian champions hit well, shared the ball well and defended diligently. The result speaks for itself: in the first Euroleague match at home, Kaunas 89:73 taught Istanbul’s grandmasters “Anadolu Efes”.
For M. Grigonis, the fourth game of the season was the worst: 50 percent. the defender who attacked with precision scored 12 points and made 3 assists, but made 5 mistakes and scored only 4 utility points.
However, this did not seem to overshadow the 26-year-old Žalgiris’ good humor after the duel.
“Everyone came to the locker room as a party, as something points. Having tasks to do, but at the same time emphasizing the need to enjoy this day. After all, we can’t know if we’ll finish the season, “loud wins and the 5,000 long-ago views. M. Grigonis spoke enthusiastically to the crowd.
He is amazed at how “Žalgiris” defense catches experienced opponents.
“I don’t even know what we’re getting our opponents into, but sometimes they don’t understand where to attack. Although he has a lot of good options. For example, today they ran towards two people, they didn’t know what to do, we played with that,” said the basketball player.
M. Grigonis made no secret of the tactical schemes of Martin Schiller, who replaced Šarūnas Jasikevičius as strategist for the Kaunas team in the summer.
In the heat of the game, habits emerge that were previously developed before automation.
“I’m playing in such a system for the first time. But for now it works, and that’s why it’s fun: for the coach, for the players. This year we play with a different energy. Of course, it is also important that there are several older people.
Not to mention Shar, and yet she has presented us with a lot. Even now, we sometimes comply with the details Shar demanded. I don’t want to say that, but Shar is still with us and that cocktail is going very well for us ”, reflected M. Grigonis.
However, he agrees that due to several victories, “Žalgiris” did not become a favorite in the Euroleague, although he is currently at the top of the tournament table.
“Only four games have been played. After a couple of others, things can change. Personally, I understand what the reality is, I’m not saying that we are already champions or anything like that. There will be a lot of difficulty ahead, a long road , a cup and other teams that are not stupid will watch us while we play. But so far everything is fine until today “, defended the defender.
“Žalgiris” continued to play without Patricis Garinas, who underwent another meniscus operation on Thursday, and Marekas Blaževičius was also not traditionally registered for the match.
Anadolu Efes still missed last season’s most traumatic Euroleague player, Shane Larkin, and also missed Dogušas Balbay.
Last season Anadolu Efes beat Žalgiris in both Istanbul and Kaunas. The Turks took four victories from Lithuania in the last five matches before this match.
In general, according to the general balance of duels in the Euroleague, “Žalgiris” leads 13: 8.
We remind you that in the previous match this week, “Žalgiris” beat “Crvena Zvezda” from Belgrade (Serbia) 75:69, and “Anadolu Efes” also defeated ALBA from Berlin (Germany) on the road 93:72.
A week later, the Kaunas team will host the Valencia club (Spain), the Turks will have to face ASVEL (France) paralyzed by the coronavirus outbreak.
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