Martin Schiller, who saw the desperate “Žalgiris” for the second time in Istanbul, did not hide his disappointment | Euroleague



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Running back “Žalgiris” closes in on the playoffs after a desperate loss at the Fenerbahche basketball team 61:84.

After this failure, Martin Schiller could not see anything positive in the game of his team.

“Congratulations to Fenerbach and Igor Kokoškov. They deserve this victory, Schiller said at a press conference. – We hit both sides of the square. And it was related to each other. With the difficulty of scoring points, we couldn’t accept that on defense. and defend ourselves adequately. The image on both sides of the square was not satisfactory. “

“Žalgiris” already in the first half started the rivals by a difference of double digits (18:28), and went to the dressing room during the long break to rest with a deficit of 19 points (26:45). The image did not change either in the second half of the game.

“Fenerbahče” perfectly attacked the basket – hit 60.5 percent. colon (23/38) and 55.6 percent. three points (18/10).

The Žalgiris folks pitched the country much more often: they sold 50 percent two points (16/32) and missed up to 21 long pitches (7/28 – 25 percent).

The Kaunas club lost 5 matches during the last 6 Euroleague matches. With 15 wins and 15 losses, the people of Žalgiris are in eleventh place on the tournament table. The Saint Petersburg Zenit and Vitoria Baskonia clubs with 8-9 places have 16 victories each.

Žalgiris has four games left until the end of the regular season: at home with Maccabi in Tel Aviv, ALBA in Berlin and Panathinaikos in Athens, and on the road with Bayern Munich.



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