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Kaunas “Žalgiris” will start the match with Vilerbanas ASVEL on Tuesday in Euroleague doubles week.
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The French club, which arrived in Kaunas immediately after the victory in Barcelona, currently has 6 victories and is the hottest team in the league.
ASV Schaler head coach Martin Schiller also made respectful comments to ASVEL, highlighting their athleticism and attack.
“It just came to our notice then. Why? It’s the most athletic team in the league with Baskonia. Another thing, in attack they play a lot in the tendrils with (Moustapha) Fall, (Charles) Kahudi and (David) Lighty. That makes them special, ”said Schiller.
“They also need to keep their triples because they sell them at a very high percentage, although they don’t throw much, like us. Kahudi and (William) Howard are its main protagonists. In my opinion, the game for ASVEL is very good at the moment, the Austrians continued. “Also, Fallas is playing more minutes now, it is an x factor and they are doing very well.”
The helmsman of the Lithuanian champions hoped that Thomas Walkup, who had suffered an ankle injury duel with Klaipėda’s “Neptune”, could appear on the parquet tomorrow.
“We will play sports and watch at night, but I am very optimistic about it,” Schiller said.
– In the first match in Vilerban, Moustapha Fallas added problems under the basket. What is more important when stopping it?
– Do not leave it as close to the basket as possible, although I understand that it is practically impossible to do so. However, an effort must be made, but it must be emphasized that he is a different player. Fall: not only large, but also very strong. His legs are incredibly strong, he is very difficult to push and Fallas reminds me of (Nikolai) Milutinov. The objective is not to let him enter the penalty area, realizing that this will not be done one hundred percent.
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– During this series of victories, ASVEL beat the dominant teams in Milan, Munich and Barcelona in the Euroleague. How surprised are you with such a game from future rivals?
– At the beginning of the season I said that if they were not affected by COVID-19, they would be very high in the classification. They are a special team and they don’t play in the French league now either, which gives them plenty of time to prepare for the Euroleague. I’m not very surprised, but of course his rivals were favorites. Still, seeing how well ASVEL plays isn’t much of a surprise.
– Artūras Milaknis fell for a month. How will this change the normal rotation and who will have to fill in the veteran’s discharge?
– The options are clear: we have Steve (Vasturi) and Karolis (Lukošiūnas), who haven’t played much in the Euroleague lately for objective reasons. They will help us and will also upload the scores for other players. I mean Nigel (Hayes), Rokas (Jokubaitis), Marius (Grigonis). They will have to complete 20 minutes for these guys.
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