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The Kaunas team “Žalgiris” will play on the field again in the fifth round of the Euroleague, this time visiting the ASVEL territory of Vilerban.
In France, the situation with the coronavirus is extremely bad this year, with up to 37,000 new cases registered on Wednesday, which is why a curfew has been introduced. For this reason, the match will start very early in local time, at 6:00 p.m., when the usual matches began at 8:45 p.m.
The difficult situation in the country was also reflected in the ASVEL team, which was hit by a coronavirus. TJParker students have already missed three rounds and have not played basketball since the October 11 duel with basketball players Cholet de Šolė. How can it be a team that hasn’t played basketball in 18 days?
Krepsinis.net interacted with the physical preparation coaches of the different teams, who unanimously stated that it was at this stage of the season that a break of almost three weeks put the team in the form it had at the beginning of the preparation. ASVEL has been running for about 1.5 months from the start of preparation to the last match, so an 18-day break will have a huge impact on both individual fitness and the game.
Sick players have spent at least 10 days in self-isolation and not all athletes have recovered yet. ASVEL has announced that the match with Žalgiris will be able to gather at least 8 players, which leaves a mystery as to who will be able to compete and who will not. Before the outbreak was announced on the team, it was clear that Matthews Strazel, Kevarius Hayes and Norris Cole were ill. A comical situation happened to the latter when the American appeared on the court, played for only a few seconds and was replaced and immediately left the arena upon being notified of a positive coronavirus test. These players are already well and are fighting against Žalgiris.
It is interesting that even the French media themselves do not know exactly how many cases of COVID-19 there were in the ASVEL team; the numbers range from 10 to 13. It is also unknown which players will be ready to fight “Žalgiris”, making it difficult for Kaunas residents to prepare. However, L’Equipe reports that ASVEL is likely to have only 7 key players and a few young basketball players.
The ASVEL game revolves around two players: defender N. Cole and Moustaph Fall. The champion of the National Basketball Association (NBA) has all the leadership of the game in his hands and decides when to finish the attacks on his own and when to pass the ball to others. An individual strong American scores 10.5 points in two games, bounces 4 balls, makes 4.5 assists and accumulates 8.5 utility points.
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Many problems under baskets can be caused by the 218cm tall Moustapha Faults. The French managed to add 12 points, grab 5.5 balls and add 16.5 utility points in 22 minutes. He even grabs 3 balls on the attack. M.Fallo’s long arms are very useful to ASVEL, but opponents are constantly attacking this player in two-on-two situations, as is Žalgiris with his swift defenders. Another way to stop Fall, from committing a violation, accounts for only 54.5 percent of the fines. accuracy. In this case, it can be said that it is better for him to cut his hands than to give an easy shot from under the basket. Hayes, who replaces M. Fall, is the “fifth number” of a different plan: fast and mobile, and with him ASVEL can exchange defenders on the floor.
A very interesting young player is Amine Noua. The 23-year-old, 202cm tall Frenchman played after 14 minutes last season and now comes to 23 minutes and started both games in the starting five, where he takes the position of a strong forward. A.Noua is very useful as he scores 9.5 points in 23 minutes, grabs 5.5 balls, makes 2 assists and scores 14.5 efficiency points. This player is not an important figure in attack, but he uses his opportunities well and still works well in the opponent’s basket.
Allergy Freeman deserves to be highlighted. This score-oriented American made his Euroleague debut and so far his first pancakes have been badly burned or even burned. The American scores 4 points in 17 minutes, but accumulates -6 utility points and still manages to accumulate 4 personal fouls. So far, this defender has scored 2 out of 10 “out of play” shots. However, Freeman is a truly dangerous player who can shoot at any moment and it’s only a matter of time before those shots land and he starts racking up points.
The offensive defender still has the option of Paulo Lacombe, who started the first game of the season in the starting five and scored 2 triples in 3 minutes, made 4 assists and scored 9 utility points, and was not injured in the second game.
A very important player is Charles Kahudi, who plays at 27 minutes, has 6.5 points and 5.5 utility points. This player. They are dangerous Guerson Yabusel and William Howard, with experience in the NBA. The latter is the “third number” of the “trick and defense” style. Meanwhile, G. Yabusel likes to attack the basket and makes 8-9 shots during the game.
Belgian center Ismaelis Bako, whose tasks are defensive, gets his rotation, Antoine Diot (4.5 points, 6 points), Latvian Rihard Lomžas and M.Strazelis get their 14 minutes.
ASVEL is considered a prominent outsider to the Euroleague, but the first two games weren’t bad. Before Valencia, Valencia lost only 2 points – 63:65. In Milan, AX Armani was only 7 points behind after three halves, and missed by 14 points (73:87). The actual capacity of Vilerban’s team is unknown, and given the unpredictability of the Euroleague at the start of the season, it could all have been in the home game with Panathinaikos in Athens or Crvena Zveda in Belgrade.
In France, there is a man under a magnifying glass. coach TJParker. This is because his brother is team president Tony Parker. Last year, in several games, TJParker replaced Zvezdan Mitrovich when he was ill, and was in charge of ASVEL for 2017-2018 for 4 more games. season in the European Cup. There are many doubts on the premises about the character of TJParker and it is questionable if this is the manager who can turn the team into which he will jump above the navel in the Euroleague, as ASVEL did last season. It will be interesting to see what game ASVEL will demonstrate when it has the full lineup and takes shape.
ASVEL asks more questions before the game than it answers. It is difficult for “Žalgiris” to prepare for the game, because it is not known which basketball players will appear on the floor. It is clear that ASVEL now does not have a playful rhythm that Žalgiris can boast of. At first glance, he seems like easy prey, but Martin Schiller’s students shouldn’t relax and take fifth place this season.
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