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Juventus de Utena continues to play in the historic season. The team that eliminated Vilnius “Rytas” for the first time in the series this time also knocked down Kaunas “Žalgiris” – 90:87.
Following the extraordinary victory in the Lithuanian Basketball League (Betsafe-LKL), Utena’s head coach Žydrūnas Urbonas He said he had no words, but in contradiction to himself he once again demonstrated enviable eloquence.
“It just came to our notice then. What to say here … I imagine it would be similar to climbing fourteen stories, slipping through a blizzard and staying alive, something like that is so unreal. Before the game, I yelled at the players that We could take this victory, we have to. Maybe I saw that somewhere someone is not playing, somewhere something is tired, there is nothing, although we did not have Gecevičius. I only saw for myself that we can win today. Without underestimating ” Žalgiris “, today I felt like it’s being taken. It’s fun, we rewrote history, we haven’t beaten Žalgiris at home.
It’s a shame that the people of Utena can’t enjoy such historic victories, the family thinks. Today, men are heroes, I bow my head. The five who played did it in 3×3 style, four of our guys and Karina fit into a game like that. It was nice to see the nuances, the details, the work of the five, as we only lost 11 points in the fourth quarter and we were hooked. There were some nuances in the attack again, it was difficult for them to solve our simple things ”, – the strategist poured out emotions.
– Symbolic 400th LKL team match and such a victory?
– Even more interesting, those numbers are interesting. I think it is not a tragedy for Žalgiris, it is very good that they saved Grigonis and Walkup, they are waiting for them in the Euroleague and they can afford to lose more than one match. Sure, its few people are like our entire budget, which makes it more fun. “Žalgiris” is like a nine-headed dragon, a severed head, three new ones grow. Lukošiūnas, after all, was the leader of Šiauliai, a good team, I wish them the best of success, in the Euroleague to get into the top eight, what they are worth. The boys try to work. It is difficult to find the words, I feel inside that I realize that we have overcome such power.
– Vaidas Kariniauskas made seven mistakes, but still stretched against “Žalgiris”, it was a great decision to invite him. Would he have managed to achieve such a series, 10 wins in 11 games?
– I can’t decide that, because I made the decision to invite Kariniauskas. There was an opportunity, there were five options, two more Lithuanians and two legionnaires, we made the decision to take it and it means that the decision was the right one. It seemed we needed a tall player to lead the team, although to risk throwing away what Žalgiris was doing today, he retired. Once he hesitated and we wondered why he was doing it, we told him to quit, he was doing it perfectly. We corrected it a bit, we adjusted its throw, we taught the players in Utena and how to throw, how to drive the ball, this is our job that adds value. He’s really getting better, thanks to his head, his mother, the father who created him that way. He dared to resign, and the brave were accompanied by success.
– At the end of the match, Vaidas Kariniauskas crossed against Lukas Lekavičius and Rokas Jokubaitis. Did you save that win until the end of the match?
– It was his mistakes that prevented Vaidas from feeling the rhythm. He has certain problems with that, I won’t say any specifically because then the opponents will lose. It has some nuances in which it does not play solidly. I won’t say it specifically. He has problems, he did not catch the rhythm, but he accelerated in the fourth quarter. We had three options, three combinations, we saw that “Žalgiris” does not solve or change anything, there we win. I tried to turn the game before, a couple of times and lost under the basket. Today we had the luxury, we also lost the fines. We still have reservations.
– Will this victory help you fight for second place on the season?
– We do not believe that we will fight for the second place of the season. Now we are just looking at the next match against Šiauliai. If you start feeling dizzy now, you don’t know where the disaster will begin. The most important match for us now is “Šiauliai”, and I still don’t know what will be there.
– How will you celebrate the victory?
– Modest, because the game is still waiting on Wednesday. This time really with water.
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