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The Kaunas team (15/16), which has frozen in eleventh position, now has to look in the rear-view mirrors, where Piraeus Olympiacos (14/17) and Tel Aviv Maccabi (12/17), who have a reserve of two parties, they are growing threateningly.
Changing the direction of your gaze emotionally is not easy, says Schiller. However, the 39-year-old expert says the depression did not cover the team’s locker room as a result.
“It just came to our notice then. The last game with Maccabi was quite good for us, compared to the previous two rounds. It is even more regrettable that we did not win.
In a situation where the image of the playoffs is popping up more and more, when it seems like a tournament is coming to an end, it wouldn’t be easy for anyone. You need to adapt to this as a team. But we will fight the remaining rivals as much as we can. There is nothing to cry about, you have to enjoy the rest of the game and try to keep improving, ”said the Austrian.
“Žalgiris” will host ALBA Berlin at home on Tuesday, starting at 8 pm, and on Thursday other German teams will storm the Bayern fortress in Munich. Kaunas residents in regular season on April 8. It will conclude with a meeting in his square with the Panathinaikos of Athens.
Only the three victories can theoretically support the Lithuanian champions’ hope of entering the playoffs, although any unfavorable results in direct competitor matches would almost extinguish it.
Kaunas’ closest rival is difficult to predict. The clash between the first-round teams in Berlin ended last December with a difficult victory away for the guests 74:71. Although then ALBA (11/20) was bleeding a lot.
Schiller describes Aito Garcia’s Renaissance students as an “unconventional team” that plays differently from many competitors in the Euroleague.
“They have a lot of skilled players, pitchers and at least they play two-on-two in the tournament. Instead, ALBA relies more on ball movement and spills,” said Schiller.
Not only Artūras Milaknis, who is traumatized, but also Augustine Rubitas, who is sick with COVID-19, will not help Žalgiris this week. As a result, last weekend, Kaunas residents did not play in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) again and did not train for two days in a row, waiting for the results of the remaining basketball players to find out.
“How will this loss affect our team’s rotation? Martin Geben, Paul Jankūnas and Nigel Hayes will just play more, ”said the coach.
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