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The Kaunas “Žalgiris” team of the Euroleague broke the failed stretch, when on Friday in Athens they beat “Panathinaikos” by 81:69 on Friday and achieved the sixth victory of this season. The Krepsinis.net portal provides the most interesting duel accents.
The main focus of the attack. Georgios Vovoras’s coach has decided to swap defenses even when 220cm tall Georgios Papagiannis is playing on the pitch. “Žalgiris” started the game and used the same tactic most of the time: he attacked this center. Marius Grigonis had a smile on his face as he ran across the field, almost oblivious to the rain. It was by attacking him that the people of Žalgiris managed to gain momentum at this meeting.
It was much more difficult to attack G. Papagiannis in the second half of the match, but it was the individual actions and the attack from far or middle distance that allowed Žalgiris to stay ahead, when the opponents had already swallowed them. In these situations, we again saw that the defender carries the ball well beyond the three-point line to have more room to accelerate and thus outrun a slower opponent. When the attempted attack before the exchange stalled, there was a lack of the ball in the penalty area, where “Žalgiris” had an advantage under the basket, as the central striker stayed with the defender. The people of Žalgiris did not send the ball there and chose the attacks to end up throwing the ball further.
Artūras Milaknis Factor. A unique number was recorded during the first two halves: “Žalgiris” had hit 9 3-pointers from 12 and 4 players in the 20th minute (M. Grigonis, Nigel Hayes, Thomas Walkup, Lukas Lekavičius) shot them 100 percent. – The 3 lost were on A. Milaknis’s account.
“If it wasn’t Milaknis, we’d be 100% right,” Robertas Petrauskas joked.
When Panathinaikos tied the result in the third half (50:50), it was A. Milaknis who scored an important triple, and R. Petrauskas reiterated that it means victory: “If Milaknis is right, we will definitely win, everything will be fine.”
“Žalgiris” won, but certainly not thanks to this veteran. Martin Schiller decided to replace Steve Vasturi in the starting five with A. Milaknis, who spent 22 minutes on the field, with the only long shot of 4 and -1 useful. PAO had a good opportunity to attack on the wings, but remembered his instructions to attack in the middle. It was often possible to do it and overall for A. Milaknis it was another blank performance.
The defense of “Žalgiris” has been activated. Žalgiris, who played very poorly in the early stages, only spent 12 points in the first 10 minutes this time and recorded his season’s best personal result on defense. 33 points in two halves – another great show for his basket during the first half of the game. “Žalgiris” can be praised by the defense during all matches, as the opponents scored only 69 points, and it should be noted that Žalgiris’ qualification to his basket was the worst tournament before this match.
This time “Žalgiris” was really worth it ice a defense that closed all the way for the rivals to break through and allow them to get closer to the basket, risking players who missed from a distance. The PAO urgently needs good pitchers and this worked well for Žalgiris, hitting just 8 shots of 28 (28.6%) and the stakes on Howard Sant-Roos (1/5 trit.), Aaron White (1/4 trit.) And Ioanniu Papapetrou (0/4 trit.) Outstanding, who stayed free around the edges, but didn’t hit those shots in any way. This trio of just 13 attacks finished in just 2 pitches, which is a complete win for the opponents.
The “one-on-one” defense, which has been very striking in matches so far during the defeat phase, is also commendable. This time Žalgiris’s team broke through the barriers well and no defender became the key that drove every game to despair. Shelvin Mackas scored 3 points of 3 of 4 and scored 10 points, but Nemanja Nedovičius made 4 shots of 10 with 12 points, exhausted the personal foul limit and was left blank.
As for the defense of Panathinaika, it is worthy of criticism for poor communication and lack of concentration, when the players were left in strong hands and lack of aggression. “Žalgiris” didn’t take a single free kick until the 29th minute of the match, but this time it wasn’t just Žalgiris’ lack of aggression, it was more of a problem for Panathinaika, as it gives him too much freedom. In a very important attack, when the PAO still expected to “hang” in the match, M. Grigonis was forgotten in the three-point victory of his shot. Panathinaikos were third from behind in the defense standings and beat Žalgiris, but Žalgiris defended much more solidly in this match.
A tablespoon of tar contains the mistakes of “Žalgiris”, who made even 17. The worst part was that many of the lost balls were unprovoked opponents, and their own lack of communication and concentration. Since we are now in the middle of December, most of the mistakes made in the game should no longer be this way, and the opponents made excellent use of the early Christmas presents and scored almost a third of their total points, even 22.
The problem of the third quarter and the decisive jet. The way Žalgiris started the third halves becomes inconvenient, this time dispersing practically the entire lead in 1.5 minutes, as the opponents scored 8 points without responding and could still get ahead, but even 5 consecutive attacks ended in shots inaccurate. The recurring problem is that Žalgiris residents returning from the changing room get stuck on both sides of the field and the competitors use it; they used to split up and now catch up with the Lithuanian champions.
“Žalgiris” showed concentration when M. Grigonis kept the attack on his shoulder on the bench in the 24th minute for 3 fouls. Soon, Th.Walkup broke the rules 3 times. Later, M. Schiller threw L. Lekavičius, Rokas Jokubaitis, N. Hayes, Paulius Jankūnas and Augustine Rubitas on the parquet. These men were so successful on defense that the PAO failed to scratch a single point at 3.5 in the third quarter and another 2 minutes in the fourth, and Žalgiris’s team scored 10 unanswered points and the score was equal (50:50). It had already become 60:50 in our favor. When A. Milaknis replaced P.Jankūnas, R. Jokubaitis scored a triple and the remaining four players finished their successful section at 13: 0.
It is also worth praising R. Jokubaitis, who started his performance with 5 errors and was extremely weak, but in an important moment his colon with a foul increased the lead to 10 points, and the other colon allowed to close the gap of 9 points . 9 out of 10 20-year-old players would have lost confidence in their own strength after the start of such a duel, but not R. Jokubaitis, who showed a mature game in the fourth quarter, so M. Schiller no longer had to lift to L. Lekavičius from the bank.
Of course, N. Hayes was also very important, who perfectly realized his 3 3-point throws, worked well on defense and was confident in both positions where he was used. The American who spent 33 minutes on the floor filled all the gaps. M. Grigonis was wonderful too, but we invite you to read about individual player performances here.
Do you need to change the main center? In this match, the recent trend visible to the naked eye has been confirmed once again: A. Rubit looks much more solid than Joffrey Lauvergne. A.Rubitas getting up from the bench this time in 16.5 minutes. he scored 8 points, bounced the same number of balls and posted a profit of 13 points. Although his French counterpart also helped (8 points, 8 rebounds, 10 points), his game deserves criticism. The center hit only 4 out of 10 colones and did not look confident under the baskets. When A.Rubitas, after receiving the ball close to the basket, pushes Konstantin Mitoglou and scores points, J.Lauvergne performs an unsafe semi-circle in such situations, which usually does not reach the goal. This player also missed several suitable pitches when he received a good pass from R. Jokubaitis or another defender.
Rubitas looks much more productive this season and spends only 17 minutes on the field, during which he averages 8.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 10.2 profit points, and shoots two points with 63.5 percent. accuracy. A. Rubitas was also the only Žalgiris resident with a positive “over / under” indicator during the last losing period.
In the case of J. Lauvergne, the theory we discussed before the season is valid: the numbers in the protocol will be more beautiful than the real picture: in the Euroleague 20.1 points in 20 minutes, 5.1 rebounds and 10.2 points, and they are done 55 points. 9 percent. accuracy. Since virtually all shots are close range, the hits aren’t really brilliant.
There is also a growing conclusion that if A. Rubit and J. Lauvergne have no problem with collected misdemeanors, the use of M. Geben becomes less and less necessary. This time the center fell out of context again: he scored -1 point in 4 minutes. Watching the last 4 duels, Geben’s playing time is limited to 5 minutes. In “Žalgiris” by Šarūnas Jasikevičius, M. Gebenas looked a little better, but the further away, the more similar he would have to leave Kaunas after the season, because “Žalgiris” has Marek Blaževičius, who would hardly look worse on the parquet now that M. Gebenas.
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