Žibėnas unhappy with Buva’s triples: “It’s a pebble in my garden” / News

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Vilnius “Rytas” in Klaipeda 80:59 defeated local “Neptune” and continued the series of victories at the Betsafe – LKL championships.

After another victory, the coach of the capital club Giedrius Žibėnas was happy with the first half and with the work in defense, but the coach did not like the reproach of the students.

“We started the match perfectly, we defeated it well on defense, we attacked well, we shared the ball and escaped 17: 0. Later, we started to play too individually and the opponents woke up and started to return to the match, Žibėnas said in the press conference – During the long break, we discussed what we can do better, because we started to blame each other for what a stronger team should avoid.

After that, we took control of the game again and we are happy to have kept them under 20 points in each half and that was the key to victory. “

Žibėnas admitted that in the duel in the port city, the team did not dodge the waves and wants to survive in the future.

“Too many roller coasters. If we want to become a solid team and not be among the average, we must avoid those sections, “said the strategist.

Ivan Buva scored 18 points for the winners, but Žibėnas did not like the 4 long shots fired by the Croatian and the manager blamed himself for it.

“Ivan must understand that he dominates LKL under the basket and he must continue to do so. We have pitchers and they have to throw a lot more shots, and if our biggest player shoots the most 3-pointers, then here’s a pebble in my yard. We have to solve this problem, “Žibėnas said.

The Vilnius people won the 11th consecutive victory in LKL, and for the last time they recorded a longer series “Rytas” in the 2017-2018 season, when they won 13 times in a row.

Žibėnas admits that it is getting harder and harder to play in every match.

“It is more difficult to play against teams that are in the second five of the table. You need to look for more mood and motivation, and students don’t really need to be in front of the LKL clubs, they just burn out, – said Žibėnas. – You have to work with yourself in these matches, and so far they are doing well, as they have shown today, thus starting the match. I respect the players. “