Schiller explained the idea of ​​changing “Žalgiris” from five / News

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Kaunas “Žalgiris”, who visited Pasvalys on Sunday, entered the square with a changed starting five. Both in the preparation phase and in the official matches played so far, Martin Schiller has included Marius Grigon, Joffrey Lauvergne, Nigel Hayes, Thomas Walkup and Steve Vasturi in the starting eleven.

However, the latter was replaced at Pasvalys by Rokas Jokubaitis, who is experiencing a successful start to the season and snatched Žalgiris’ victory in Piraeus against local Olympiakos in the Euroleague match on Thursday.

After winning the match at Pasvalys, Schiller said the swing in the starting five did not mean Vasturia would no longer play in it, and explained his decision in detail.

“Rock worked well in Athens, where we let him into the square early,” Schiller began. – When you play with starting players, it becomes more stable. We let Patricio Garino play tonight at the start of the match while he was still warm after team warm-up.

So by letting Roka go into the starting five, we got what we wanted from him, while also creating an opportunity to unleash the still-heated Garino, and then Vasturia came out. The change does not mean anything, we will live match by match “.

Jokubaitis scored 9 points (3/5 doubles, 1/4 trit.) In 22 minutes, he distributed 3 assists and scored 6 utility points. His +/- score was 13 and he was third best on the team after Vasturia (+17) and Artūras Milaknis (+18).

Garino, who played in the first half of the duel, played a total of 6 minutes, during which he lost the only 3-pointers shot, committed 3 times and scored -4 utility points.

According to Schiller, an Argentine who has been in the market for more than 10 months will still need a lot of time.

“Since I’m not a doctor, I don’t know, but from my experience I’d say it will take me at least another month and a half,” said the helmsman of “Žalgiris”.