Rokas Jokubaitis snatched the first win from Žalgiris in the Euroleague with free kicks / News

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Martin Schiller’s debut in the Euroleague match was marked by victory on the pitch. Rokas Jokubaitis 3.5 seconds left. He hit two fines and Kaunas “Žalgiris” (1-0) snatched the victory 68:67 (23:18, 11:19, 13:21, 21: 9) vs. Piraeus Olympiacos (0-1).

With almost 6 seconds to go, Marius Grigonis made a difficult colon, but the ball did not reach the goal. However, Jokubaitis caught the ball and caused Spanoulio to foul.

Jokubaitis quietly threw away the fines as spectators were not allowed into the arena and his hand did not tremble. In the decisive attack, the basketball players of the Greek club did not throw and Kaunas took the victory.

“I have never had a situation in my life where two (my) tickets led me to victory,” Jokubaitis told the BasketNews.lt website immediately after the match. – Maybe I shot when there was a points advantage, but such a situation never before, and in the Euroleague, in the first game (of the season).

Psychologically it was definitely a test, but I felt the support of the bank, everyone came, they calmed down, they said “you can”. I believed in my strength, I did not shake that hand and I am very happy. “

Winning points:

19-year-old Jokubaitis scored 12 points and played the most productive game of his career in the Euroleague. He had scored 7 points only in the first half and added the other five in the decisive 2 minutes.

In the first half of the third period, the result was a draw (41:41), but Olympiacos ran 11-0 and walked away 52:41.

Marius Grigonis shone in the fourth quarter. By then, the defender had scored 8 points and in the first five minutes of the quarter he scored 7 of the team’s 10 points. This allowed Martin Schiller’s troops to be brought closer by 5 points (57:62).

Man of the match

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Joffrey Lauvergne added three points in a row and the teams already got just 2 points (60:62). Two minutes later, Jokubaitis scored a colon with a foul and reduced the difference to 1 point (63:64).

Olympiacos then took Vassilis Spanoulis out with a free kick (67:63). Still, Thomas Walkup scored a triple at minute and a half (66:67).

Jokubaitis said the decisive word in the match.

“We are very happy to have won,” Martin Schiller told BasketNews.lt after the match. – I think our defense against picenrole It was tougher and when we were 11 points behind, keeping our concentration and fighting, that was very important to us. I want to mention Rokas Jokubaitis, he had a great impact on this match. It is important that in the last quarter we only allowed the rival to score 9 points, which was the most important thing to achieve victory ”.

Rock Jokubaitis comment:

Žalgiris made 21 shots of two of 39 (54%), 6 triples of 19 (32%) and 8 free throws of 10 (80%). Olympiakos responded by scoring 18 points out of 37 (49%), 8 points out of 24 (33%) and 7 penalties out of 8 (88%).

Žalgiris’s team won the match on the balls 36-30, but the opponents made much more effective passes (20 against 13). Kaunas did not stop winning like this from 15 errors, when the hosts turned the ball over 11 times.

“It was important that we recover after the game with Lietkabelis,” Grigonis noted. – We not only won here, but we also returned to the game, that was the most important thing. We just gave up on Lietkabel, nobody wanted to play. The most important thing is that we did not give up, we believed in each other and that is the most important thing for me today ”.

The first points of the season “Žalgiris” in the Euroleague:

Olympiacos: Martin Hassan 12 (6/6), Vassilis Spanoulis 9 (5th rev.), Aaron Harrison (2/4) and Alexander Vezenkov 8 each.

Žalgiris: Marius Grigonis 15 (6th chamber, 4 res.), Joffrey Lauvergne 13 (5/7 doubles), Rokas Jokubaitis 12 (3/3 fines), Thomas Walkup, Lukas Lekavičius and Artūras Milaknis after 6.

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Jokubaitis performance in the first half:

Match summary: