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Kaunas “Žalgiris” (5-2), who received his second slap in the Euroleague last week, remains in second place in the standings. Today, the strongest team in the country will face the Tel Aviv Maccabi team (2-5), which left an eternal pain 16 years ago.
Rokas Giedraitis
| MIN: | 29.35 |
| PTS: | 13.6 (57.14%) |
| REB: | 2.8 |
| AS: | 0.8 |
| ST: | 1.6 |
| BS: | 0.2 |
| TO: | 1.2 |
| GM: | 5 |
According to basketball player Kšištofas Lavrinovičius, “Žalgiris” is showing enviable form for the moment and has every chance to remain among the leaders of the Euroleague, and a no less interesting match in the round of 16 will await other teams with Lithuanian spices.
Although the Israeli team is still at the bottom of the table, of the last four lost games, Maccabi struggled in three games until the last moment and had to admit the rivals’ advantage by no more than 3 points.
The people of Žalgiris are surprised by a great game
According to K. Lavrinovičius, Žalgiris should benefit from the fact that Maccabi will play without the usual support.
“Time is running out relentlessly, I can’t believe this is the eighth day of the Euroleague. However, it is so hard to believe that” Žalgiris “is still in second place in the table and shows an incredible game. If the residents of Kaunas continue to show the same form that they have been showing recently, they will leave Tel Aviv with their heads held high and record another victory in qualifying, ”says the basketball player.
However, this time the Betsafe basketball experts do not agree with K. Lavrinovičius and predict victory for the Maccabi team: the chances of Žalgiris winning are estimated at only 38%.
Shar should overtake Ulanov’s Fenerbahce
At that time, Barcelona (6-1), led by Šarūnas Jasikevičius, will try to extend its winning streak to six: Europe’s most expensive player, Nikola Mirotičius’s Barça, will host Fenerbahce represented by former Žalgiris player Edgar Ulanov.
The only thing that is clear is that in the EuroLeague Grand Duel, a team’s series of victories will definitely end: after three consecutive failures, Fenerbahce have not lost twice in a row.
“This will probably be the most interesting fight of the round, not only because the teams represented by the Lithuanians face each other, but also because of the ability of these teams, after all, two clubs that aspire to enter the final of Euroleague four. And although he sees a tense match, I think that “Barcelona should take the lead”, says K. Lavrinovičius.
The victory in Barcelona is not in doubt by Betsafe experts, who believe that Shar’s team will be able to extend their series of unbeaten matches: Barça is projected to have a 77 percent chance of winning.
Mature Giedraitis Will Try To Conquer Moscow
In the next match of the round, Vitorija “Baskonia” (2-3), represented by Rokas Giedraitis and Tadas Sedekerskis, will travel to Moscow, where they will face team CSKA (4-3), who have won two matches in a row.
According to K. Lavrinovičius, CSKA is still not showing its best game, as demonstrated by the defeat suffered on Monday in the Moscow region “Chimki” in the United League, so the basketball player expects a furious encounter.
“There should be a very interesting game in which Baskonia has a good chance of taking the victory to Moscow. In my opinion, the Vitorian club is showing a more beautiful game than CSKA, which is far from showing a confident face”, comments the interlocutor.
K. Lavrinovičius continues to joke that he is very satisfied with both Rokas Giedraitis, who has finally matured, and his game.
“Rock has always been extremely talented, although perhaps it matured a bit later. I am glad that it has finally strengthened and grown not only the hair on its legs, but also a strong scalp and shows that it is capable of perfectly playing a extremely high level, ”says the basketball player, wishing everyone stays healthy and drinks lots of lemon tea.
However, the chances of winning of the Baskonia team led by Rokas Giedraitis are evaluated with skepticism: this probability reaches only 27 percent.
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