Schiller – on the Geben situation and two different sides of “Žalgiris” / News

Martin Schiller and Kaunas “Žalgiris” (4-1) suffered the first failure in the Euroleague, and the Austrians admitted after the duel that it was a match for two teams from two different parts.

“Congratulations to Valencia for the victory and a game well played. For us, it was a two-sided game. In short, we retained their triple at 25% in the first half, but increased their hit to 43% in the rest of the game.

It is difficult to win when opponents shoot so well and also cause problems in the penalty area. The Prepeličius and Varinkovičius launches were a challenge for us. They contributed 16 16-point shots, which is definitely too much. I think Marinkovičius helps them expand the site and unfortunately we couldn’t stop it, ”Schiller said after the failure.

– How did you try to adapt after the long break when Valencia started hitting?
– We’re trying to get back to self defense. In the first half, they killed us more than three points for blows in the penalty area and rebounds in the Valencia attack. Preventing them from bouncing was the main topic we talked about before this match.

It is a team that plays well close to the goal and shoots a lot from these positions and we wanted to stop it.

– We saw a conversation with a Valencia strategist after the game. Did Ponsarnau explain why he asked for a minute of rest at the end of the match?
– I wanted her because the coach wanted points. He apologized, but added that he wanted points.

– “Žalgiris” lost 10 triples. Did you have any doubts about your players’ actions when pitches started to drop?
– I think so. I will repeat that the most important thing is a good decision, be it a shot or a break to the basket. Not throwing a free triple is almost the same as a bad throw.

If you hit, of course, it has a great impact on confidence, but not everything should depend on missed or missed shots, but on good decisions on the field.

– Nigel Hayes threw 15 pitches tonight. Were you satisfied with the choice of your releases?
– I’ll need to see the video. I know he didn’t shoot where he could, but he also did heavy shots and situations where the 24-second timer ran out. The basketball player cannot be blamed in such situations, but I will still have to watch the video.

– How do you see the fight lost by rebounds and the game of Valencia in this regard?
– They are a very good team to fight the ball. If the ball constantly dissects the net, there is no way to get it back. I think that in the second part of the game, that (Valencia hit) had an impact.

– Can you comment more on Geben’s trauma?
– We don’t think it’s very serious. We’ll have to investigate further, but we don’t think anything serious happened to him.

– What was the big problem in Valencia’s game against Prisoners and Williams?
– It was a serious challenge. We knew they were playing that way. I think it was a challenge because they were developing their attack playing towards the basket. Playing one against one is one, but the rejection in the triple is quite another. It was a bigger problem for us.