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Martin Schiller, the helmsman of the winning team, highlighted two very different sides of his pupils and was surprised by Vaidas Čeponis’s question, which opponent – Panevėžys “Lietkabelis” or Vilnius “Rytas” – was more difficult to play with.
“Obviously, the game consisted of two parts. We played a great first part of the game in defense and we went down a lot after the break. This is illustrated not only by the points scored by the opponents, but also by the deterioration in the quality of the rebounds, the quality of the throws allowed by the opponents. This allowed Lietkabel to come back, who played a really good game, ”Schiller emphasized after the game.
– Lietkabelis played with three defenders. Did this cause you any additional concerns?
– We anticipated this more or less when it became clear that your main light edge would not match. Three defenders added extra speed to Lietkabel, so playing with them was a challenge.
– Which opponent – Vilnius “Rytas” or Panevėžys “Lietkabelis” – was more difficult for you to play?
– I can’t answer this question. We go game after game and we take into account the situation during the season: who you play with, when you play, so it is very difficult to answer.
– Agustín Rubit was given a break, did something happen to the basketball player?
– We just put him to rest.
Roko Lukoševičiaus / 15min nuotr./Nenad Čanak
At the press conference, Nenadas Čanakas, the strategist of Panevėžys Lietkabelis, could not understand the mood that his students brought at the start of the match.
“It just came to our notice then. The first part of the game was tragic for us. We let his best sniper Artūras Milaknis go free to shoot 3-pointers, and then we lost the whole duel” one on one “on the perimeter.
At the penalty spot, we didn’t go to help against Joffrey Lauvergne, and in attack we played without barriers. We are not such a talented team that in the attack against “Žalgiris” we played without barriers. That was the main reason we only scored 20 points in the first half of the game.
In the second half, we finally started building barriers, we passed the ball to George Gagic, and we had more options in attack. We play defense with more energy, but playing a first half like this against a Euroleague team is absolutely unforgivable ”.
N.Čanakas also expressed doubts about the treatment of the rules, and especially about the fifth violation of D.Gagičius.
“I no longer understand when there is a fault and when there is performance. From that moment on, we competed without one of the important options in the attack ”.
The LKL champions with 10 wins in 11 matches are the only leaders in the league, while the people of Panevėžys, who have 7 wins and 3 losses on their account, remain in second place.
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