“Žalgiris” – “Olympiacos” figures: record by R.Jokubaitis, Th.Walkupas in white and exceptional minutes by M.Grigonis



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Team Kaunas Žalgiris started the new season in the Euroleague and started with a victory: they defeated local club Olympiacos in Piraeus. Krepsinis.net returns to the traditional short issue section this time.

– For Martin Schiller, this is a victorious debut in the Euroleague, and the last time the people of Žalgiris won the first Euroleague meeting in 2017, it took place in Belgrade.

– If “Žalgiris” continued to lead episodically in the first half of the match, he found himself in the lagging role from minute 17. This was the case until the end of the match: the team scored 11 points at a time. Only Rokas Jokubaitis’s decisive free throws surpassed the result in the most important moment.

– By the way, for a young Žalgiris resident, this is a career match in the Euroleague: 12 points, 15 utility points. He scored the first 7 points in the first quarter and the rest in the deciding time.

– The accuracy of the colon “Žalgiris” fell throughout the game: 73 percent. to 63, then to 54.

– Thomas Walkup was blank – scored 6 points, bounced 3 balls, scored 3 utility points. It was so ineffective last time just one time.

– Nigel Hayes scored just 2 points – he did it in the second quarter and then the other two shots were canceled (1/4 dv., 0/2 trit.), Although he played 24 minutes, one of the most of the team. Still, 7 rebounds are a repeat of his career record.

– After a break of almost a year, Paulius Jankūnas was negative in the Euroleague – minus 2 utility points.

– For Steve Vasturiai it was his debut in the Euroleague – 13 minutes, 2 points (1/1 double, 0/2 trit.), Rebound, 3 fouls, -2 utility points.

– Marius Grigonis didn’t enjoy basketball for long last season due to injury, but now it doesn’t bother him – 15 points and 17 utility points on the count. During the last 10 games of the season, he was more productive only once (19 points). By the way, 32 minutes in the square is the most that Mari has had to spend on a parquet in the Euroleague.

– For Olympiacos, this was the first official match of the season.

– In three quarters, the team had hit 8 triples of 16, then scored another 8, but all ran sideways.

– If during the first half of the match OLY made a mistake 8 times, later – 3.

– Kostas Sloukas match not exclusive to him: 6 points, 7 assists, 6 utility points.

– Euroleague rookie Hassan Martin started well: 12 points (6/6 doubles), 16 nb

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