Jokubaitis, who highlighted unexploited occasions: “Barça really didn’t do their best basketball” / News



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Despite the defeat, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, who returned to Kaunas and his coach in Barcelona, ​​did not have any hospitality at the Žalgiris site tonight. Martin Schiller’s pupils fought the Catalans until the last seconds.

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According to Kaunas Rokas Jokubaitis, the defense improvement helped, but poor decisions were made by the opponents.

“I don’t want to say that we didn’t take chances, but Barca didn’t really play their best basketball and made a lot of mistakes,” the 20-year-old said at a post-match press conference. – Our defense looked better today. It is a pity that we have not taken that risk. We got stuck in the attack, especially when they always exchanged defenses in the second half, they lacked more movement, but we did not adapt to their defense and many shots did not work in the last seconds of the attack.

Today the talented Jokubaitis played the first violin among the people of Žalgiris and it was one of the main pains of Shar’s defense. The organizer of the 192 cm high attacks scored 29 points (7/11 dvit., 0/1 trit., 1/1 penalty) in the Barcos basket in 29 minutes, bounced 1 and took 3 balls, made 3 assists and collected 15 utility points.

– How does it feel to play when Shar is near the court but doesn’t yell at you?
– Feeling of fun. In the first part, before going out on the pitch, I hinted to Marek that I had a strange feeling when I first played not against Shar, but against him. It was a lot of fun hearing what Shar said to the players on his team during the match, being active behind the sidelines. It’s fun to remember those times.

– Was playing against Sharah an extra incentive?
– The fact that it was, but I didn’t want to emphasize it. Such things are not always useful. It was another game with a different spice.

– Is the 73 points lost a reflection of a better defense? Where did he go the most in defense?
– I can’t say that the defense was very good, but 73 points – one of the best results. We looked very good on defense, we have been preparing for this match since Monday and have clearly introduced various defensive rules and examined Barça’s combinations. On the side of our field, we gave the rivals physicality and defended well. But this time we scored only 62 points.

– Rokai, what is happening with the inserts this year? Why didn’t you put it on today?
– Probably all of Lithuania understands how I feel. If it had, we would have had a deficit of 2 points, but the difference increased to 6 points. Very reckless walking and I was burned with this again. It is necessary to draw serious conclusions.

– In the second half of the match, Paulius Motiejūnas, the team’s general manager, was very vocal from his lodge. Have you heard?
– Yes. A few days ago, the whole team had a meeting in which it was emphasized that we should support each other more. It felt like this today when everyone stood up to support you and Paul really listened to you. Such things add encouragement, keep you from hanging your head, and encourage you to keep going.

– How much has the leadership of Shar’s party changed?
– Me and the elders of “Žalgiris” notice that the Shar combinations are similar to the ones we make and the names are not very different. What was in “Žalgiris” is also in “Barcelona”, nothing has changed. Jasikevičius follows the same system and the results show that it works very well.

– How much did the knowledge of the combinations contribute to the 17 intercepted balls?
– I can’t quite say it, but the truth is. We made a lot of mistakes and the rivals didn’t really feel free. These components are part of our enhanced defense. We caught a lot of balls in quick attacks, but we didn’t use them to the full.

– How strong will the “Žalgiris” team stay after 6 losses?
– I don’t think that with such a strong core of experienced players we will break down. Sure, 6 losses is not the most pleasant thing, but there are still many games to go this month and there is no time to think about losses. It’s a bit sad, but tomorrow we will have to forget about those matches because we will have to prepare for the “Rytas” in Vilnius. Of course, the Euroleague is the tournament we focus on the most and when we fail to win, we are sad, but certainly not broken.

– What is Martin Schiller in the face of defeats?
– The technician has changed the methodology since he arrived in Kaunas. During training, we put a lot more emphasis on defense. We drew conclusions and worked better in training and today our good defense showed it. We will continue to work even harder as we see the series of losses grow. We look forward to the next match and we look forward to victory.



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