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The third of this 2020-2021 event took place at the Betsafe-LKL Championship on Sunday evening. Season derby between Kaunas “Žalgiris” (21-3) and Vilnius “Rytas” (22-6). The “Rytas” led by Giedrius Žibėnas triumphed in the guests after a tense duel 86:85 (21:23, 19:19, 21:25, 24:19).
This was Rytas’ first victory against Žalgiris since 2019. February 17, when Vilnius triumphed in the final of the King Mindaugas Cup.
After the game, Žalgiris strategist Martin Schiller chided the students for the defense.
“I have complaints about the defense, because we played well only for the first 5-6 minutes, and then we didn’t get hooked. When Thomas Walkup started the attack at the end of the game, it looked like we could win, but the defense problems continued, which is unsatisfactory. “Rytas is a good team, they are second in the LKL rankings and congratulate them on their victory,” said M. Schiller.
– Ivan, who scored 32 points in 29 minutes, was a big problem. Who did not act in defense against him?
– He must be commended for the blows made, especially at the beginning of the match. Although he can hit, he is not famous for it. We expected his game under the basket, but we didn’t think he would go that far.
– You had a difficult schedule: 3 games in 6 days. Did this affect these parties both physically and psychologically?
– I don’t want to justify that, because we played at a similar pace all season. We will have 3 games a week that have been postponed and we have to adapt to that.
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