R. Jokubaitis: It seems that we have played together with Jonas and Domas for many years



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Rokas Jokubaitis With the Lithuanian national team, the preparations for the Olympic team began solidly: the Dominican Republic was defeated in Kaunas 95:62.

Unable to play for Mantas Kalniečiai, the youngster was entrusted with the duties of the main player, who he managed extremely well – 6 points and 6 assists.

After the game, the defender summarized both his performance and that of the team.

– The victory was not the most important thing, but we managed to win. What did the game of the national team show itself?

– The result itself does not reflect everything, we have a lot to fix, because we only had two serious training sessions. He missed 41 points in the first half, followed by just 25. I don’t think the game needs to trigger aggression. You can see that the entire team is true professionals, we have drawn conclusions during the long break and the final result is not bad.

– Were any tactical things emphasized after those two trainings?

– There were some tactics, we didn’t hurt the rivals either, because we looked at our things. Mainly defensive tactics, we don’t really prepare anything for the attack. We will see, we will go in and there will be more tactics in the next game.

– When Mantas Kalniečiai retired, he had to take the position of main player, how did you manage to deal with them?

– I don’t know, I don’t feel like I’m doing something new, I’ve been playing as a player my whole life, only this season I was a combined defense in “Žalgiris”. Now it didn’t cause much of a problem, playing with John and Domu seems like we’ve been playing together for many years, it’s very easy to feel those players. There may not have been any major difficulties today, there will only be more difficulties in other games and I am ready for that.

– Once Jonas Valančiūnas managed to hang the ball, was the game with Joffrey Lauvergne in “Žalgiris” like preparing for him?

“Yes, I didn’t think about it before the national team, Lauvergne caught everything you posted.” The “two against two” has gone well today, of course, and the opponent’s defense has not been so good. Little by little we feel each other and it’s a lot of fun.

– How was the vacation itself?

– It was an active break, I didn’t want to do anything after a week after the LKL season. I got some rest, but I didn’t want to get too much rest. Let’s rest, I want to believe, after the Olympics.

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