M. Grigonis laughs again with a magic wand: “I am happy only for the last 3 seconds” | Euroleague

“I am very happy to have finished the game like this. I’m only happy for the last three seconds. We made so many mistakes that we didn’t play as a Euroleague team in the last minute. But I’m happy with the win, “M. Grigonis scratched his head.

The Lithuanian scored a total of 12 points and made 4 assists, but it would have been in vain when Valencia lost Žalgiris ‘lead by 7 points in the last minute and nearly destroyed all of Žalgiris’ matches.

However, when Žalgiris was 77:78 behind, three seconds later Žalgiris knew who should have the ball in their hands.

“Walkup threw the ball and knew that if he couldn’t find anything, he would give it to me. And I’ll just try to throw it away And Cayo. I’m happy, ”M. Grigonis explained the strategy of the last attack.

“It just came to our attention then. We almost threw the game in vain, but the feeling is really good now. We do such pitches all season and it’s amazing. But yeah, we can’t be that wrong, “smiled Augustine Rubit, hitting three 3-pointers out of four, all he had scored in the Euroleague throughout his career.

“The most important thing for the victory was keeping the opponents up to 80 points. It gave us a chance to win. And what happened in the end is the beauty of basketball. It’s forward, it’s backward. It was a great shot for them, but also a wonderful shot for Marius. We are happy. We are happy for the victory “, – Žalgiris coach Martin Schiller was proud of his student.

Žalgiris had 13 victories in 22 regular season games. It was a victory 8 in the last 10 Euroleague matches.

“We are fighting and trying to correct the mistakes we made at the beginning of the season. We will fight, whether we win or lose. That is how we have established such a strong connection,” said A. Rubitas, who was the most productive among the winners. with 17 points.

The inhabitants of Žalgiris continue their stay in Spain. On Friday, the Verdiblancos will visit the Baskonians in Vitoria. The start of the match on the territory of the opponent – 22 hours. Lithuanian time. The Basques return home from an unfortunate trip to Vilerban, which ended in defeat at ASVEL.