Kairys bowed his head, lacking the fighting spirit of the pupils: “The Juventus team is very good”

The start of the King Mindaugas Cup (KMT) quarter-finals in Utena began with a fierce fight, after which the hosts gained a fragile two-point lead against the “Rytas” of Vilnius.

After the duel in Aukštaitija, the head coach of the capital club, Donaldas Kairys, pointed a finger at the statistics of the number of rebounds: “Juventus” took 15 of them, “Rytas” – 4.

“The opponent wanted blood and got it. We have not fulfilled our game plan, we want to play faster to have more opportunities to fight the ball and here we have not fulfilled the main conditions – we lost the board with force, – left Kairys lamenting. “Juventus wanted the ball, they have players who dominate, but I’m not just talking about the balls they took, but also the ones we didn’t take, and that is unjustifiable.”

Juventus can focus from all positions, which is a nice feature of them. They choose the victims how they like and their team is very good, the game is solid, Kairys continued. “In retaliation, we will need better defense solutions, both personally and in duplicate.”

Rytas won the previous two meetings this season against Juventus with overwhelming advantages and although Kairys did not want to speculate on the lack of motivation, he admitted that he won more tonight if he wanted to.

“Players were reminded of the results of both this year and last year. It is clear what is happening here, we still do not play our best basketball, but the numbers say it all: 44 against 27 rebounds and here is the fighting factor. ”Said the specialist.

Keyt Benson, the last buyer of “Rytas”, stayed on the floor for 7 minutes and managed to score 2 points and bounce 3 balls.

However, Kairys is convinced that the role of the tall team in the team will only increase in the future and bring more benefits.

“Keith is a specific person. He has a fighting spirit, he needs more time, because he trains for a short time and has not played for a long time. “Benson can really give us more benefits, his time on the field will increase, and in the fight for the balls, he was the only one who got along today,” said the helmsman of “Rytas”.