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Kaunas Žalgiris’s team will start the second round of the Euroleague on Friday with a duel with the Chimki team from the Moscow region.
“The preparation was not long, but it was focused on rival leaders Sweden and Booker. Of particular importance to them is their interconnection and the game of the Picnic. They are a very good attacking team, capable of playing fast and hitting well from distance. . It is important to be good on defense in transition, “said Žalgiris coach Martin Schiller.
He said that Chimki has changed since the start of the season and the most important basketball player is A. Švedas.
“It just came to our knowledge then. The biggest change was when Swede came back. That would be the biggest change for all the teams, as he’s a very high-level player. The fact that they used so many players was influenced by the whole situation with the coronavirus. It took time for the team to find their lineup, “said the Austrian.
He said what makes him happiest in the game “Žalgiris” after the first part of the season.
“From a pragmatic point of view, our position and the number of wins are very rewarding, but there is more than the situation on the table. We were quite stable in attack from the beginning and then we improved our defenses a lot. I think that was the most important thing.
Our mutual relationships and communication in defense are the ones that have been strengthened the most. However, not everything has gone wrong in attack since the beginning of the season, so defense was probably the biggest boost, ”said the coach.
He would like the team to improve its defense.
“We had a good defensive month, but it is not enough to be only one month. There has to be continuity for that, so you want to keep it,” said the specialist. M. Schiller has been in Kaunas for more than four months and he feels at home here.
I traveled a lot in my life and often had to change my surroundings. I have experience of having to adapt to another country or even another continent, but the experience still does not shorten the adaptation process. One night we traveled with Deputy Woltmann and discussed that by now I am completely used to Kaunas. When I went to the United States, it took me time to get used to the size of the city, the number of people, but after a while you also adapted. In terms of work, you also had to get used to it. If the adaptation hadn’t taken place, you probably wouldn’t be sitting here. I don’t think it’s fully adapted even now. It’s probably impossible to do that, and that’s the beauty of this job. There are so many challenges every day that it is difficult to achieve a full adaptation. I might agree if you mention Jasikevičius, but you have to apply to this job all the time, “he said.
Schiller revealed that he himself had invited Nigel Hayes to Utah while working there.
“I wanted to invite him to Utah while working at this club. That was before he came to Žalgiris. We were only able to offer Nigel a two-way deal, and he already had one with the Knicks. So there weren’t many opportunities, but both I and the club leaders wanted it. Hayes’ game is very suitable for me, he is a tall player who can cover various positions, so I am very happy. It is worth mentioning that he works very hard. Nigel also played a little “third position” last season, but you have to understand that it’s not easy to compete in two positions. He gives us a lot of height in defense and at the same time that he has Hayes in the “third song”, then Jankūnas or Rubitas play in the “fourth”, he gets a kind of domino effect, which gives us an advantage, “he said.
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