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Photo: TASS – Scanpix
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Chimki in the Moscow region started the Euroleague season with a defeat at home to Panathinaikos Athens, and Rimas Kurtinaitis complained after the match due to the unsuccessful end of the match.
Man of the match
The result was equal to 2 minutes from the end of the game, but “Panathinaikos” scored five points in a row and Dairis Bertanis’ colón, who could have broken extra time, did not reach the goal.
“It just came to our notice then. We played well for 38 minutes, but in the end we didn’t play intelligently, – said Kurtinaitis. – We lost, it’s already happening, but I’ve seen more positive things. Of course, we weren’t that strong under the basket. and we allowed the opponents in the attack to bounce 19 balls, which was the key to Panathinaika’s victory.
We didn’t have some big basketball players, but it was an opportunity to show up for players who don’t usually have much time. However, Zaicevas had a terrible performance. It’s a shame that we lost at home, but the season has just started. “
Chimki played with only nine basketball players. Aleksejus Švedas, Greg Monroe and Stefanas Jovičius were not injured for the team, and Errick McCollum was bought just before the start of the season.
Vyacheslav Zaitsev, praised by Kurtinaitis, scored 11 points (4/4 doubles, 1/2 trit.) In 20 minutes, he bounced 3 and took 2 balls, assisted his teammates 5 times and was the best basketball player in Chimki with 17 utility points.
At that moment, Panathinaikos helmsman Georgios Vovoras was delighted that his team appreciated the ball. The Athens club made a mistake 13 times, but most of the mistakes were made before the long break.
“We tried to stick to the plan for the full 40 minutes,” Vovor said. – The most important thing was our mistakes, we made a mistake only 4 times in the second half of the game. If you want to beat Chimki, you must control your mistakes. We did not win. This team has a mentality, everything has to start with defense. So it doesn’t matter if you attack well. Today we only hit 5 3s out of 23, but even under those circumstances we had a chance to win. “
Chimki will play at home with Kaunas “Žalgiris” next week, on Friday.
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