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At the Citadele King Mindaugas Cup (Citadele KMT) tournament, it’s time to discover the four strongest teams that will make it to the four finalists in Panevėžys. The four most important duels of the season will soon be played, which will reveal which clubs will continue to fight for the title.
Triples released this season
Saturday at 5 pm In the quarterfinals, Vilnius basketball players “Rytas” and Utena “Juventus” will explain the relationship for the second time (first match 87:89).
Also on Saturday at 7pm. The retaliation match between Panevėžys Lietkabelis and Prienai CBet will also take place (first match 87:68).
Sunday at 4 pm “Neptūnas” and “Šiauliai” will meet in Klaipėda (first match 91:76).
Monday at 7 pm The quarterfinal stage will end in Kaunas, where Žalgiris will play with the Milk Stars of Pasvalys for the local four-game final (first match 98:82).
The biggest intrigue about entering the Citadele KMT final four should boil over in Vilnius, where Donald Kairis’s company will attempt to jump over the barrier of Žydrūnas Urbonas’s troops.
Rytas enters the decisive battle with a deficit of two points. The capital team will only advance to the next stage if it manages to win by more than two points.
After the first duel in Utena, Martynas Gecevičius spoke publicly about the fact that there is no more reason to fear the current “Tomorrow”. And how do the players of the capital team react to this?
“It just came to our attention then. We try not to think, we don’t pay attention. Sure, the problems are obvious, but we as players just have to do our job. The game plan and preparation are already the coaches’ job. ”Gytis Radzevičius, the forward of the morning, told LKL.lt.
Žygimantas Skučas
| MIN: | 18.94 |
| PTS: | 9.67 (48.48%) |
| REB: | 2.67 |
| AS: | 0.67 |
| ST: | 0.67 |
| BS: | 1.33 |
| TO: | 2.67 |
| GM: | 3 |
Speaking about the first team clash, the Vilnius team player admitted that the image on the field did not satisfy any member of the team; If this happens again, it will be very difficult to move on to the next stage.
“It just came to our attention then. The fact that we could have played better. Now we know we’re waiting another 40 minutes, we have to lose focus, be in a good mood and we have to take that victory.
We are having a hard time now, we have to climb ourselves. Definitely too many losses, we have to find the key to the wins. I believe that step by step our game will improve. It has to improve, we have to do something to improve it. We all have to unite: coaches and players, absolutely everyone, ”said the basketball player.
At Juventus, the mood is completely different. Having promised the fans a powerful fight before the first match, Žygimantas Skučas now believes that this is an extraordinary and probably the best opportunity to finally cross the barrier of “Tomorrow”.
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“For as many years as possible, this is now the best opportunity to break through in the Morning. We have to. They are favorites, but a lot depends on ourselves, it all depends on how we prepare. If we play well, all the wins are there. really in our hands, we will go and prepare for the final four, ”said one of the Juventus leaders.
Speaking of their rivals, both basketball players gave different opinions. Radzevičius himself knows the Juventus team well, from which he came to Rytas last year, which is why the basketball player admitted that it is a team that can be called a fist.
Scout, in turn, recalled one of the most difficult stages of his career and assured him that in a situation like the one in the morning, you never know what to expect.
“Good team, well trained, solid formation. The coach reveals his best qualities, that team goes hand in hand. I think the good work of their coaches is also reflected in the game, ”Radzevičius said of the Utena people.
“You don’t even know what to expect from a team like this. You don’t know who to prepare for. Now we don’t know which players will come out on the field with, if more players will leave or not. I really liked that Maurice Ndour left because he was a very good player, a very agile opponent, tough against him.
When I was in the second season on Lietkabel, it was very difficult for us, there were a lot of changes, I was in a bad mood. It is very difficult for players to concentrate, it is difficult to concentrate on good games. The feeling that you never know how you can play, it seems you can do well, but more often you get the opposite, ”Skučas said about the opponent waiting on Saturday.
Watch live broadcasts of Citadele KMT matches on the LRT Plus channel, as well as on the DELFI portal.
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