Schiller: with a tight schedule, the importance of the youth of Žalgiris and a vague future for Milaknis / News

Kaunas Žalgiris crushed the Prienai CBet basketball players with a 28-point lead on their field in the Lithuanian Basketball League (Betsafe-LKL) tonight (90:62).

It is true that the people of Prieniai survived the match by a quarter and a half and came close to 8 points at the same time (49:57), but then the steam locomotive Žalgiris smoked light years away, winning the last quarter by 27: 10.

After the game, the head of the Lithuanian champion. Coach Martin Schiller stood out for the good defense of his students.

“In general, our games are good in defense. At the beginning of the third quarter, the defense did not satisfy me, but the men did a good job recovering a good job on their side of the field. I congratulate my students on their victory.” said the strategist.

– Looking at the calendar, you will have to play 11 games per month. How difficult will it be to prepare a team for such a tense month?
– The calendar shows the same tension we had last month, around 10-12 games. We are used to it, but we will have to monitor the rotation of the players, their minutes, especially when our players have fallen due to a coronavirus and injuries. It is something very delicate, but we are happy because we have a deep line-up and we can play well even if we don’t have some players.

Of course, when some players are out, the minutes contribute to the others, so we will have to take care of that. It is very important to us that Mantas Rubštavičius, Marekas Blaževičius and Karolis Lukošiūnas have a role in the team.

– When will Nigel Hayes, Patricio Garino and Artūras Milaknis return to the classification?
– I don’t know about Arthur. Patrick is still in quarantine and will have to be rebuilt when he returns. For Nigel, this is the first day he was able to leave the house, but we will also have to work with him before he returns. I can’t answer this question in detail, but I can say this: Nigel will return first, Patrick will follow, and Milo is the least clear.

– Marius Grigonis missed all 6 pitches in the first half of the game, he also argued with the referees. Do you see changes in Marius’s game, maybe it is due to psychological problems?
– I don’t see that Marius is dissatisfied or psychologically affected. My answer is no.