Žalgiris’ three-part labor victory and M. Schiller’s cornerstone maneuver | Euroleague

The match itself can be divided into 3 parts: the fall into the pit, which lasted for approximately the first 13 minutes of the match, returning between 13 and 30 minutes into the match, and the victorious section in the last quarter, when Crvena zvezda got stuck . in the hands of Žalgiris. Let’s examine the highlights of each of them in more detail.

Slogus begins and “Red Star” spurs

Crvena zvezda is not going through the easiest period: one of the team’s leading players, Corey Walden (average of 10.9 points) was unable to play, center Johnny O’Bryant left (11.3 points). Perhaps this subconsciously hit Žalgiris a bit, who at the start of the match lacked the usual speed in attack and defense of aggression.

Only N. Hayes looked great throughout the game. Confidently attacked opponents as soon as he received the ball closeouto situations (when an opponent flees from the penalty area in defense of a three-point line) – both Floateriai (throw with one hand in a row) reached the goal. In attack, Žalgiris took advantage of the Serbian defense’s mistakes several times, especially 2 years ago: the Serbs sent a tall man to Department Position (passive defense two against two, meeting the opponent in front of him) quite high towards the triple, so below the basket help from the weak side was needed. Unfortunately, this element in the opposing team was extremely weak during all matches and we saw many passes from Th.Walkup to the highs crossing the basket and the light points due to late help.

Crvena zvezda herself attacked a lot under the barriers without the ball for obvious reasons: there was only an aggressive and fast defense left for this match. J. Loyd couldn’t create all the matches with the ball individually, so he had to find other ways. However, even in the first half of the match, he managed to punish the tall Žalgiris with several impressive speeds. Pikenrolo Situations (two against two): Geben and J. Lauvergne couldn’t move their legs as fast as this NBA champion.

However, the most important story of the first half was M. Simonovičius and his 5-minute section, during which the Serbian shook off 12 points. His first triple fell after A. Rubitas did not raise his hand in time to receive the ball closeouto situation. In the next attack, he remained completely free after a fairly normal situation: “Žalgiris” did not choose his own people after the Serb recovered the ball in attack and quickly found the warm hands of Simonovičius. The third fell after the centering of D.Davidovac and his rejection, after which A.Rubitas himself arrived late in the rotations. Later, after missing 2 3-pointers, Rubitas in another situation while spinning at Simonovičius, simply flew into his landing space and knocked the Serb down during the shot, giving him a chance to score an easy 3 points from the penalty line.

The “Crvena zvezda” were forced to find other ways to attack Kaunas and found this golden point in the first half of the game in the barriers without the ball and in rare crosses.