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Although the capital club requested, the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) refused to postpone the leaders’ clash on Sunday for better times, and this turned into a record dominance of Kaunas “Žalgiris” on the field – 92 :Four. Five.
M. Schiller’s alumni achieved the club’s biggest victory in the battles against “Rytas”, beating the crushing 92:54 recorded in the final match of the 2019 LKL final series.
The Vilnius people also repeated their most unsuccessful performance in the derby with “Žalgiris”, equally marked in 2013, when he fell at 45:72.
Furthermore, it was the biggest success of the season at LKL in terms of the results of the ten league participants.
“We knew that without key players it would be very difficult. We were not in the mood for the game, on our side of the court we allowed the opponents to do what they wanted, they took us out of position in the attack ourselves. We have suffered a shameful defeat, ”said Martynas Echodas.
D. Kairys drew the attention of the center forward and other students to the number of fouls on the graph.
“It just came to our attention then. 14 fouls – too liquid”, – noted the coach of “Ryto”.
However, the rivals’ guests in the arena “Žalgiris” simply could not stop too aggressively, taking care that the team finished the match completely.
Rytas registered just seven top basketball players, 17-year-old Rokas Jociai and two-year-old Adas Šimonis. Both young people from the Perlo Energija subsidiary debuted this Sunday at the LKL.
Arnas Butkevičius, Andrew Goudelock, Maurice Ndour, Ryan Boatright and Rokas Gustys were forced to miss the match due to injuries and the coronavirus epidemic.
But when asked if he would like to pass the heavy losses on to the LKL, D. Kairys shook his head.
“I don’t want to say anything to the league. I’d rather try that these protocol numbers motivate us to play better on Tuesday,” promised the 43-year-old specialist.
Two days later, Vilnius residents will have an important duel on the international front: in the FIBA Champions League they will host basketball players from Riga VEF (Latvia).
D. Kairys makes no secret of her skepticism that Rytas’ reserve bench will be replenished at least slightly for the next game.
“We will try, look, but the chances of someone recovering and joining are very low”, the Rytas strategist has no illusions, and points out that he can use more reinforcements in the next game.
OR Delphi When asked if it is realistic to win a victory in modern basketball with seven basketball players, D. Kairys smiled.
“See who the seven are and how well they will play. But it is possible to win, ”said the coach.
For their part, Kaunas left their main midfielder Joffrey Lauvergne on the sidelines on Sunday, and another tall Augustine Rubit did not appear on the floor. According to M. Schiller, it was decided to save both players.
In the first half, defender Steve Vasturia hit the road and did not return to the park, and his health will be revealed on Monday after more detailed examinations.
This was the 15th consecutive victory for Žalgiris against the capital’s main competitors in the LKL championship.
At the end of October, Žalgiris won the first match between the LKL leaders this season in Vilnius with a score of 84:72.
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