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Kaunas successfully launched the attacking machine from the beginning of the match. Although the Spanish team has always stayed close, at least in the first half of the game, the gap has only grown since then.
The biggest difference of “Žalgiris” at the beginning of the last quarter was 27 points. Žalgiris’s team shot fantastically from distance again, when 18 of 26 long shots (69.2%) finished the match.
PHOTO GALLERY. Kaunas “Žalgiris” – Vitoria “Baskonia”
After the game won, M. Schiller was happy with the energy of the students and the movement of the ball in attack. In fact, Baskonia lost just 73.4 points in the Euroleague during this year’s game, making it the third best result in the league. Yesterday, “Žalgiris” scored 92.
Portal tv3.lt spoke about basketball expert Tom Purlis about yesterday’s meeting. According to him, Žalgiris’ team deservedly won the match, the movement of the ball in attack was just great, but we must not forget the solid defense.
“It just came to our knowledge then. If it was already good before Panathinaikos in Athens, Kaunas had really shown it moments before in the matches, then yesterday it was great. It also contributed the fewest errors, especially for those kids. Fewer ripples in the game during the match, and when you don’t pit, it’s easier to attack.
A good fight on the bounced balls and a fantastic clear shot from distance helped a lot. It is possible to drill a very good movement of the ball in attack, but I would say that we should not forget about defense as well ”, assured T. Purlys.
“Žalgirs” shot from a great distance. But is it the merit of the Žalgiris or did the opponents defend themselves poorly?
“Well, the first thing was that those situations were good. Maybe just two or three pitches, where you can say that he was thrown awkwardly, frustrated opponents, he had to attack awkwardly by throwing the ball. Žalgiris did it in games, letting him play two against two. It is better to shoot from a medium distance than from a distance. That is his tactic that worked. But Baskonia seemed to do the opposite.
“Everyone”picenrole “Aggressive trust”tep outu“So someone has to come to the rescue, move in the direction of the movement of the ball to avoid other attacking options, and at that moment in the attack the ball walked well, did not cross and there were ways to shoot from afar. It seemed that the opponents of “Žalgiris” just didn’t stop playing their game yesterday, and that was taken advantage of, “said basketball expert T. Purlys.
“Žalgirs” rested for the weekend and did not play in the LKL championship, when “Baskonia” had to play a round match in the Spanish championship. Could this have an impact on the double week of the Euroleague?
“Well here’s the question again, but it could have an impact,” Purlys said. – The trend is quite clear that if you don’t play a weekend in a local championship, you naturally have time to prepare, make a plan, relax, especially when it comes to a double week of the Euroleague. Yesterday, the energy of the Kaunas was definitely higher. “
The inhabitants of Žalgiris will not have much time to rest and will be waiting for another competitor in Kaunas on Thursday.
This time, Fenerbahche from Istanbul arrives, which has Edgar Ulanov in its ranks and is not showing the best results. The Turks won only one match out of the last seven.
When asked if Žalgirs would be the favorite before the meeting, T. Purlys agreed with this idea.
“Of course” Žalgirs “looks better now, the competitors will not have an important person, Janas Veseley. A good opportunity to win a match and extend the series. The atmosphere in the team also looks good. If in the past those victories they were achieved in other circumstances, now Žalgirs is playing well, and that helps to win twice in a row. It is important to be able to avoid pits during the match, which has happened often this year. And when there are no waves, the attack is solid , you manage to defend yourself, so the team looks confident, “said T. Purlys.
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