Žalgiris ratings: Hayes played on the wing and Lithuanians who used time efficiently / News

Kaunas “Žalgiris” continues with a fantastic start in the Euroleague, where they achieved their fourth victory in a row. This time, the victim of Martin Schiller’s army became the “Anadolu Efes” of Istanbul – 89:73.

Žalgiris, who beat the best team in the Euroleague at home last season, marvelously attacked the basket from the game: 27 points out of 39 (69.2%) and a precise 10 points out of 19 (52.6%).

The Lithuanian champions were led by Nigel Hayes: 17 points, 5 rebounds and 23 utility points in 24 minutes.

BasketNews.lt journalist Jonas Lekšas praised Žalgiris’ individual performance in the first home game of the Euroleague season.

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Nigel Hayes – 10 points
24 min., 17 min. (3/3 dvit., 3/5 trit., 2/3 baud.), 5 atk. kam., 2 rez. lost, 2 for. kam., 2 kld., 23 naud. balai.

The American started the game impressively, scoring 11 of “Žalgiris” first 16 points. As if playing on the wings, Hayes started with 6 game-accurate pitches, and when the team’s main advantage hits like this, opponents can’t take chances and then more space opens up for the rest of the teammates as well. Nigel also worked defensively and knocked out Chris Singleton, who finished the game with a utility score of -8.

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Lukas Lekavičius – 10 points
15 min., 12 p. (3/3 dvit., 2/2 trit.), 5 rez. more., 0 pages, 20 profit points.

Lekavičius’ impressive double week: second consecutive performance with 20 utility points. In the match, Lukas seized his chances from a distance and successfully attacked Tibor Pleiss. Juice Floateriai It is no longer surprising, and this time the Lithuanian read the situations perfectly, bursting into the penalty area not only attacked the basket, but also showed the pass to the top, thus contributing to the good movement of the Kaunas ball. 15 minutes, 20 utility points, bag attacked without errors and 0 errors. What else can you ask a lawyer?

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Artūras Milaknis – 9 points
16 min., 10 p. (2/3 dvit., 2/2 trit.), 2 rez. more than 12 points.

The veteran against the Turkish club also made perfect use of the minutes: he worked a lot without the ball and made good shots, taking them in an almost ideal percentage. Milaknis has repeatedly outwitted his opponents, intimidating them and sparingly a few times additional transfer, which ended in Kaunas points. We also saw a rare image when Arthur tried to play with his back to the basket and the advance ended with two beautiful points.

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Joffrey Lauvergne’as – 8 broom
19 min., 10 p. (5/8 dvit.), 8 atm. cam., 12 benefits. points.

Lauvergne played a very important stretch at the end of the second half, when Žalgiris’s attack was briefly jammed, and the tallest scored 4 points in a row. The Frenchman, although on a couple of occasions he did not finish a good shot well, he did a great job Pikenrolo situations, he successfully played back to the basket and also hit from midrange. The further away, the more it seems that Joffrey won’t be the slow center everyone will attack: the midfielder had good episodes both exchanged by defenders and Stepoute.

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Martin Geben – 7.5 points
12 min., 7 p. (3/3 dvit., 1/1 baud.), 3 atm. cam., 2 pcs., 10 us. points.

Another Žalgiris resident who made excellent use of his time in the square. Ivy is perfect for Schiller’s style of play when there’s a lot to play for picenrole and it is from them that the tall man collects most of his points, being able to turn quickly under the basket. Of course, it was not easy for the Lithuanian in defense against the strong Bryant Dunston, but the basketball player made up for it with reliable Stepoutais.

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Thomasas Walkupas – 7 rooms
23 min., 4 min. (1/3 dvit., 0/2 trit., 2/2 baud.), 5 rez. lost, 0 kld., 2 times. kam., 8 naud. balai.

It is already common to see a non-aggressive walkup in an attack, but with the organizational characteristics of the game, the American is still handling it solidly. In this Žalgiris, Walkup applies a slightly different role on the team and 5 assists and 0 errors in 23 minutes is exactly what Schiller wants to see. Thomas is Kaunas’ best player in individual defense and set a good tone for the match, when he defeated Vasilije Micičius from the break at the start of the match.

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Rokas Jokubaitis – 7 points
18 min., 4 p. (2/3 dvit.), 5 rez. more than 0 credits. points.

The confidence the 19-year-old feels in this team is indicated by his body language. Jokubaitis became the true sixth player from “Žalgiris”, who is the first to get up from the substitute bench and immediately enters the field and brings peace and creativity. This time, Rock was not as active in attacking the basket as Belgrade, but he performed reliably. Pikenrolusassigning transfers. The player is worth praising again for his work on defense: Jokubaitis really contributed to Micičius’s nightmare in Kaunas.

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Steve’as Vasturia – 6.5 balo
20 min., 7 p. (2/2 dvit., 1/1 trit., 0/1), 1 rez. plus, 3 losses, 6 profit points.

Finally, this legionnaire also gave a more serious push to the attack. Particularly important was the long throw with a Vasturia foul, when the opponents had already reduced the accumulation to 4 points. It seems that when “Žalgiris” managed to escape, the defender immediately felt freer, having made many good decisions in attack. However, it must be admitted that it is very difficult for Steve on defense: the basketball player fails to escape the barriers, or he notices the deceptive movement of the opponent, or he commits an offense out of place and out of time.

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Marius Grigonis – 6 rooms
25 min., 12 p. (3/6 dvit., 2/4 trit.), 3 rez. more, 5 pcs., 4 us. points.

This was not a successful match for the leader of “Žalgiris”. Grigonis has a lot of freedom to improvise in this team and this was demonstrated by a triple only after taking the ball in the first half, but this time the Lithuanian rushed repeatedly and made even 5 mistakes, when the Lithuanian champions made a mistake 11 times . Marius also missed his direct opponent a couple of times on defense and finished on easy points from Anadolu Efes.

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Agustín as Rubitas – 6 balai
12 min., 4 p. (2/3 dvit., 0/2 trit.), 2 rez. more than 4 points.

Rubitas once played with his back to the basket confidently in the game and hit from medium distance, but that was it. Once the American was forced to attack the basket from afar in the last second of the attack, but then another unsuspecting triple was already due to a mistake by Žalgiris as he rushed with the decision. In defense, Agustín is not bad stepoutino, but in several attacks he did not stop the accelerated Dunston.

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Paulius Jankūnas – 5 points
12 min., 2 min. (1/2 dvit.), 1 atk. kam., 3 naud. balai.

It’s hard to say much about the Jankūnas game this time around. The captain, like no other Žalgiris, did not get out of context, but did not stand out in the square. This season it seems that Paul has improved his physical condition compared to last season, which makes his guessing easier on defense.