Schiller: “Scoring a lot of points is fun, but the most important goal is to work on defense” / News

Martin Schiller made his successful debut in front of Kaunas “Žalgiris”. His students crushed the Šiauliai basketball players at home in the first game of the season 89:56 and were happy with the assured victory.

“I am happy for the victory. I think the second half of the game was better than the first. When the rivals started to play in the bottom five, we had to adapt and we did it successfully,” the strategist briefly commented.

Žalgiris’ team retired in the second half, when they managed to increase their lead to double digits after a 10: 0 streak. The accelerated Kaunas players did not look back and won the match with confidence.

“More aggression in defense, Pikenrolo situations. In attack we moved the ball better, we stretched its defense. These three things were the most important, ”said the strategist about taking control of the game.

Žalgiris had 29 assists in this game. Schiller said that the movement of the ball in attack left a good impression on him.

“Men tend to share the ball, I think that’s one of our greatest strengths. We have people who want to pass the ball. This is a challenge for some teams ”, commented the strategist.

The people of Žalgiris again broke the 80 point limit tonight. So far, under Schiller’s leadership, the only failure has been a match against the AX Armani Exchange in Milan.

“Everything is determined by a good position on the field, running fast in attack and defense,” said Schiller. – But we still have to improve our defenses to be able to attack successfully. It’s fun to score a lot of points, but the most important goal is to work on defense. “

Marekas Blaževičius and Karolis Lukošiūnas were not registered for the match with Šiauliai. However, when asked if the club had made a decision about the future of these basketball players, Schiller did not open up.

“It just came to our notice then. Marek is a very talented and hardworking player, but we have 6 tall teams in the squad and we have to adapt to that. Marek is one of those tall people and he can only play in fifth position, so that we will rotate the line-up in each game and monitor the situation ”, concluded the strategist.