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Kaunas “Žalgiris”, who suffered two defeats in Russia, lost to Zenit in St. Petersburg on Friday, and manager Martin Schiller highlighted three main problems after this match.
Man of the match
“They scored 17 points after ten rebounds. “10 rebounds in an attack is a normal number, maybe one would like one less, I think 9 is their average, but they scored a lot of points after the rebounds and it punished us,” Schiller told “Žalgiris TV”. – Another thing is that they issued 26 fines, so we send them there too often. The third thing is that we are wrong.
I think we got off to a great start and it seemed like we had to lead 8-10 points in the first half. In total, we lost maybe 4 or 5 shots from under the basket, which would change the game. “
In the first half, Kaunas made 5 colonies of 10 and 1 trike of 7 and after 10 minutes of play 14:17. Zenit led the game after that.
“Žalgiris” was embroiled in disputes with the judges in the second half, when no two fouls were recorded against Marius Grigonis.
“It’s a really physical match,” Rokas Jokubaitis told Žalgiris TV. – We defended well every game, but something was missing in attack. We started arguing with the judges and we have that result. There is not much to stick to. It’s a bit sad that we haven’t won in a double week, but nothing, we need to rest and fight on Monday. “
According to Schiller, judges sometimes allowed opponents too much.
“I think we were very aggressive on both sides of the plaza. Pangas had lost his temper, couldn’t pass the ball and I think he repeatedly fell back to where the attack should have been, Schiller said. “We were aggressive in the attack, we found free people, we just couldn’t attack.”
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Pangos had only scored 1 point for most of the match and lost the first 6 3-pointers, but eventually finished 7th, after which Zenit’s double-digit lead.
“We made life difficult for him,” Schiller said. “Thomas did a good job, as did Rock.”
Žalgiris scored 65 points and played the most ineffective match since the Barcelona match when he scored 62.
“They defended themselves very physically, they are one of the best defending teams in Europe,” Jokubaitis took off against the rivals. – We lost a lot of shots under the basket, we created a lot of opportunities. We expected such a game, it’s a bit sad that we only scored 65 points, but we expected something like that.
“Žalgiris” will return to Kaunas on Saturday, where on Sunday he will start preparing for Monday’s KMT match with Pasvalys “Milk Stars”. Until then, however, another important formality awaits.
“It is important to get negative results from the COVID test, because the trip here was much more interesting, we played with the fans,” emphasized Jokubaitis.
According to official protocol, the match was watched by 710 fans in St. Petersburg, more than 3,000 in Moscow two days ago.
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