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“Congratulations to Anadolu Efes for winning the match he really deserved. It was a very good attack and a great match between the opposing defense.
I am satisfied with the first five minutes of the confrontation: we hit again, we tried to help each other. Everything changed in the second half.
We couldn’t stop them in our defense. I can say that there was not a single moment of the game in which we could have gotten hooked on both defense and attack.
We have to look very carefully at this game: what we did well, what we did wrong. Understanding the process is important.
At this stage of the season, when there are 5 games left, it is necessary to improve and correct mistakes. Now every match is of great importance, “Žalgiris coach Martin Schiller said of the match.
At the start of the match, Žalgiris’ team led by four points, but were immediately forced to chase the opponents – 8:17.
In the middle of the quarter, Kaunas’s attack stopped and in just over four minutes J. Lauvergne scored four points for the team – 12:26.
In the second quarter, the difference jumped to 32:12, and Paulius Jankūnas finished the fourth with an accurate triple: Kaunas Club was 28:49 behind.
After the break, the picture did not change and the difference jumped to 77:43, but in the end the teams stood out 89:62.
“I am completely dissatisfied with the team’s defense. In the second part of the game we defended better against two against two, but in the first part of the game we had a lot of problems with this element. We have not been able to fight at all in this match and I am not satisfied with that, “said M. Schiller.
In the first meeting of these teams, “Žalgiris” beat the Istanbul team at home 89:73, as the Turks retaliated for the failure and took the 18th victory in the tournament. Kaunas was left with 15 achievements
J. Lauvergne, who suffered a back blow in the first half of the game and played less than 10 minutes and scored 6 points, could not finish the duel.
– Why did Kaunas ball get stuck in attack?
– You’re right, the ball didn’t move as well as it should in this game. As a result, the fifth Euroleague defense can be honored. They blocked all the way to the basket and hindered our movement.
– Why is Anadolu Efes such a powerful team in defense?
– They analyze everything very well, just like Real Madrid. They are the best offensive team in the league that is ideally capable of controlling the movement of the ball.
– You only have four players in the first three positions. Is it difficult to play with so few basketball players in positions?
– Nothing can change – it is as it is. There is now a five-player rotation in the defender lineup when it comes to involving Nigel Hayes on the defenders.
It would not be possible to face four defenders. At the moment in the Euroleague I can deal with nine players and I will not do anything. Such is the stage now and nothing can change.
– How serious is Mr. Lauvergne’s injury?
– I haven’t heard anything yet, because I haven’t talked to the team doctors yet.
