Schiller Positive: “I’m only disappointed by the loss” / News

Kaunas “Žalgiris”, who had to recognize the advantage of the rivals in the last seconds, finished the Euroleague season with six consecutive losses in the guests.

70:71 after Bayern basketball players in Munich, Žalgiris suffered a 17th failure overall, and their opponents secured a spot in the standings.

It is true that, unlike previous defeats in rival arenas, this time the residents of Kaunas weren’t too bad.

“It’s a very painful failure because we played really good basketball, especially in the second half of the game,” Thomas Walkup said after the match on Žalgiris TV. – Good intensity, concentration. Overall, we were 6 or 7 points behind, but we played great basketball in the last 10 minutes. Of course, it hurts to lose this way, but we can also get good things.

With 16 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Walkup was the most useful player on the team with 26 utility points.

After the duel, he regretted that the end of a good duel could not be crowned with victory.

“In the last 7 minutes we looked very good, we made good throws, we organized the attack well and they kept coming back, they had to fight tooth and nail for that. Congratulations to them, ”said Walkup.

Žalgiris coach Martin Schiller also had no complaints against his students. He was satisfied with the mood of the players.

“I’m disappointed that we lost, but I’m not disappointed with anything else,” Schiller told a news conference. – The boys fought like they did all season. I will not complain about that.

If we had to point out something that punishes us, it would be 19 mistakes. Clearly, when you make mistakes so often, it’s hard to score points. Despite 19 mistakes, we had a chance to win. It hurts, but we are in that kind of business. “

When asked to qualify for the entire season, Schiller recalled that his team still had a game with Panathinaikos Athens, but overall the performance was good.

“Overall, it was a good season,” Schiller said. – At the same time we were very close to the playoffs, which makes it difficult to say that this is a good season. After defeating Maccabi, we no longer had any hope of moving on, it was hard to digest, but on the other hand we could potentially add 17 wins, so it was a good season. It’s a very good season. “