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Currently, the teams of Žalgiris and Olympiakos have won 11 matches and stumbled 9 times. Therefore, the result of the match will have a significant impact on the overall ranking of the teams in the tournament table.
Žalgiris’ team won the first round duel in Athens after the successful end of the match – 68:67. For both teams, it was the first game of the season, and in the end, Rokas Jokubaitis played an important role.
Not for nothing did the Greek media pay much attention to the young defender before this match;
Georgios Bartzokas, who coaches Olympiakos, also highlighted Žalgiris’ defense line when talking about the next match.
“It just came to our notice then. Žalgiris is a very fast-paced team that has won a lot of tense matches this season. The opponents have as many victories as we do, an opponent we must respect.
“Žalgiris” is a completely different type of competitor to the ASVEL team, which we beat this week. The team has a rotation of 9-10 players, some of them have been playing together for many years and know each other perfectly. “Žalgiris” plays intensely, quickly, everyone knows exactly what he can bring to the team. For example, when Milaknis is in the square, they always try to allow him to shoot. So we are talking about a team with a great distribution of roles, good chemistry, ”said the Olympiacos magician.
“It is a team that you don’t have to compare with speed. The opponents even have five fast defenders: Lekavičius, Grigonis, Milaknis, Walkup and Jokubaitis. If you don’t pay attention to its intensity beforehand, you already have problems, ”he added. “In general, the ‘Žalgiris’ arena is one of those where the fans play an important role, but this time their factor is removed.”
One of Olympiacos’ most experienced players, forward Georgios Printezis, agreed with the manager and expressed similar thoughts.
“It just came to our notice then. We will play against a capable team whose basketball players know each other well, they know their roles. We have to be focused, active in defense, set the pace of our game and win, because this victory is important to us. us in the fight for a place among the eight, ”said the 35-year-old veteran, who scored 8.4 points and bounced 2.6 balls per game this season.
Grunwald before the Euroleague Olympics
The most productive of the Piraeus team is another Greek: defender Kostas Sloukas, who scores 11.6 points on average and assists his teammates 6.2 times. American attacking defender Shaquielle McKissic, who has a fairly obvious Achilles heel, has 10.6 points per game. Only 28.6 percent reach the goal. it is not so uncommon that it emits triples.
In general, the general statistics of both teams are quite similar. It can be noted that “Žalgiris” is much more accurate than his opponents in shooting two and three points, on average he spends fewer points during the match than future competitors (77.5 and 80.7, respectively).
The match in Kaunas will start at the traditional time: 8 pm
This Olympiacos match will be the second this week. In Tuesday’s game, G. Bartzok’s students beat ASVEL 101: 93 after extra time. It was K. Sloukas who saved the visitors’ skin with a three-point lead, breaking extra time in the last second of the fourth quarter.
Kostas Sloukas scored 14 of Olympiacos last 25 points, including these three that forced overtime (also 8 of last 10 in the fourth Q). #Euroleague pic.twitter.com/nPgrr5O4sJ
– Dmitry Planidin (@DmitryPlanidin) January 19, 2021
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