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In the Lithuanian Basketball League (Betsafe-LKL) bypass, Kaunas Žalgiris defeated Vilnius Rytas 84:72 and therefore there were no more losing teams in the championship. Krepsinis.net portal provides the most interesting duel accents.
The first part of the match. Rytas faced the match with a completely different mood and energy, as there were 8 non-match days, while the Kaunas players played in the Euroleague against Valencia on Thursday. Arnas Butkevičius showed great energy, his two shots of two and Kristijanas Kitsing’s two shots of three started the team – 10: 0. “Žalgiris” was knocked off the courts – the opponents fought back hard, and when Joffrey Lauvergne He accepted the ball with his back to the basket, “Rytas” immediately doubled down on his defense against him. “Rytas” was faster, more physical and seemed more willing to win, and “Žalgiris” was eliminated from their combinations, without a backup plan. It is worth the number, when in 5.5 minutes Žalgiris’s team had scored just 2 points. In the attack, Rytas showed nothing special: several opportunities were created when the Estonian who built the barrier rebounded to throw a triple or everything is resolved in one-on-one situations.
“Žalgiris” was saved from a bigger fall in the first half by three consecutive 3-pointers in 1.5 minutes, reducing the deficit from 15 points to 6, but Dovis Bičkauskis’ shot from the board increased the difference to 8. In total, the guests scored 12 of the 16 points from the perimeter. .
The people of Žalgiris woke up in the second quarter, when they started clinging to their opponents in the defensive quagmire and in 5 minutes the two teams together had scored just 8 points. It is true that the final score is 36 points, which means that in the last 5 minutes of the quarter, the teams lost up to 28 points. The eloquent number in the middle of the game was “Žalgiris” 9 errors and 10 assists.
The hit – after the break. The teams traveled to the locker room in different moods: the Žalgiris people were gathered, and the Ryto players were grappling and discussing the episode extensively, when Gytis Radzevičius almost threw a siren from the middle: the ball was kicked. Martin Schiller highlighted in the dressing room the need for players to respond to the tough play of their opponents and Žalgiris listened to him. Two major top-five adjustments were also made, at the player and center positions, Lukas Lekavičius and Augustine Rubitas starting in place of Thomas Walkup and Joffrey Lauvergne. “Žalgiris” finally started to guess the opponents on defense and in every situation that Vilnius residents received the ball, they felt the contact of Žalgiris.
In the third quarter, “Žalgiris” remembered the team from last season, who came back after the break and decided the fate of the match in the third quarter. That’s what happened – “Žalgiris” scored 28 points, and allowed opponents to score by just 10 and 17 points, the quarter that ended was decisive, and in the last quarter he let himself be controlled.
“Žalgiris” constantly converts a combination of “two against two” and attacks the top “Rytas” who chose fouls – the defenders who caused good fouls played a very important role here. Thus, Rokas Gustys was planted on a bench, and Tautvydas Lydeka is not a player of the level that would be able to hold the tall people of the Euroleague on the floor or guess the defenders of “Žalgiris”. Donald Kairis even had to play with K. Kinging and Chris Mccullough on the floor, and while they were playing, the Žalgiris people used a trade on defense, which worked very well. Aggressive play in attack gave Žalgiris many penalty shots: in the third quarter they shot up to 16, while throughout the match, 25.
A. Rubitas did a great job, scoring 12 points in 15 minutes and sitting on the bench in the 26th minute and did not return to the park again, because his services were not necessary. The American recorded the absolute best “over / under” indicator plus 17. His colleague J. Lauvergne played unchanged for the remaining 14 minutes and while he was on the floor, the team scored 15 more points than the rivals. It is a pity that a few minutes ago M. Schiller did not put the Frenchman on the bench and did not release Marek Blaževičius, for whom it would have been a useful experience, because one day it will still be necessary to appear on the capital’s parquet against his former team.
It is worth noting that “Žalgiris” lost 7 balls after the break, but of them the Vilnius residents could not accumulate points in quick attacks, which the Kaunas residents did well and scored 17 of them, when “Rytas” scored only 7. Žalgiris, who seemed slow and sleepy at the start of the duel, managed to show a completely different face and outperform opponents even in this category. This was also the case when bugs were exploited: 20 points were scored when Vilnius residents scored 16.
Another interesting number – “Žalgiris” threw more triples (29) and two points (23), and throws from these distances – exactly after 13. This can be explained by the fact that “Rytas”, having holes in the line from the front, gathered forces on the penalty. “Žalgiris” had more freedom on the perimeter and used it perfectly – 45%. hit.
“Rytas” can really be praised for their desire and fighting: they won the fight under the baskets (30:23) and grabbed 10 balls in attack, when the opponents did it 5 times. It is true that earning 8 points for a second chance is only 3 more than Kaunas residents.
Where are the morning leaders? Andrew Goudelock’s factor was very important before the game, but the veteran was completely closed: he scored 4 points (2/8 shots) in 24 minutes, but he scored them when the end of the game was already clear. The American found himself neither in attack nor in defense, where he repeatedly lost his defender and that is why Žalgiris punished him with long shots. A. Goudelock didn’t seem to be sure what the quick attack illustrated, where he could pass the ball to a teammate and would easily have scored two points, but he “climbed the tree” himself, because he desperately wanted to open a points account. . We haven’t seen A. Goelelock’s leadership at all and “Rytas” is way below him.
A. Butkevičius was also very close to Rytas, who took advantage of the 19-minute personal foul limit and two of them were caught attacking the opponents’ basket. 6 points were scored, but 4 of them were scored during the first 2 attacks of the match. A. Butkevičius seemed to have been knocked out of the crayfish, because he was limited by fouls and still had to play on the hard edge when K. Kitsing moved to center position. It seemed that “Rytas” would try to take advantage of the fact that “Žalgiris” does not have a real “third number”, but A. Butkevičius does not know how to play back to basket, and in the head-to-basketball game he had no advantage over Marius Grigonis.
Demetrius Jackson made the best impression in the morning, who not only scored 18 points and scored 19 utility points, but also showed very good defense – the American was hooked and his fast hands made L. Lekavičius and Rokas Jokubaitis wrong . Jackson maintains that “Morning” can be a good stepping stone to a solid contract and a high standard for him next year.
Performance by Ch.Mccullough. Having not watched the game, you could say that this tall man did not look bad: 8 points, 5 rebounds and 10 utility points in 16 minutes, but the performance of this difficult advantage in itself did not leave a positive impression. In the first half, he launched a shot to the basket in a quick attack and reached the goal. Later, the opponents were stopped for such an unsportsmanlike foul that no one in Europe has been doing for a long time, because it is too obvious a stop for the attack. On defense, this tall man also swam like a pool instead of a basketball court, which Nigel Hayes put to great use. Ch.Mccullougha was far from the team’s worst player, but his performance raises many questions about whether the American will accept Christmas in Lithuania. Especially since K. Kitsing managed to compete in the starting five, and “Morning” will get Maurice Ndour, who, with the healthy Martynas Echodas, will be able to get minutes and the position of “fourth number”.
Th.Walkupo cool game. The “Žalgiris” player was involved in several episodes of this meeting, after which many passions arose. In the early part of the duel, the American stubbornly stopped Jackson, who had a hard time getting off the floor. Th.Walkup’s strong contact prevented the opponent from approaching the basket and the referees, reviewing the replay, ruled that the foul was not unsportsmanlike. Th.Walkup was saved by the fact that he was actually playing with the ball and his hand was looking for the game tool, which was on the side where his hand was. For the second time similarly, Th.Walkupas violated the rules at the end of the match, when Mindaugas Girdžiūnas was put on the ground. The judges ruled that the foul was unsportsmanlike. In such a situation, when there are 10 seconds left to play and the teams score 12 points, many things would have allowed Rytas’s defender to get away and score points, but not this soldier from Žalgiris. Here, D. Bičkauskis went to explain the relationship with Žalgiris and he himself received a non-sports foul, although no actions from the defender were seen on television, only an aggressive facial expression and following Th.Walkupas saying something angry to him. The legionnaire simply smiled and had no intention of getting involved in the conflict with the Lithuanian. Th.Walkupas was one of those players who showed his teammates how to play hard and those episodes only make the derby even more interesting.
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