2024-04-30 07:21:10
On Monday, “Žalgiris” won its 24th victory in the LKL championships, easily defeating the guests from Mažeikiai 95:68 (31:7, 25:23, 23:15, 16:23).
It is enough for Žalgiris to win once in the remaining three matches and no one will dislodge them from the first position of the LKL.
Kaunas grabbed the bull by the horns with a powerful 12-2 start, and already after the first quarter, the teams were separated by a crushing difference – 31-7.
Although in the second quarter, the team from Mazeiki slightly reduced the difference to 30:56, but already in the third quarter, the home team showed no mercy and far from the opponents – 79:45.
In the last ten minutes, the visitors eased the deficit a bit, but the green and white team completed all the formalities and registered an easy victory.
“I think we had a solid game, we distributed minutes to all basketball players almost equally. Good thing no one got hurt.
We were a little tired in the last quarter. Maybe that’s what I wanted. I wanted that fatigue to appear, because we have to be able to play regardless of all the circumstances,” the Italian coach said.
A. Trinchieri was not satisfied with the team’s newcomer Demetre Rivers – he scored 3 points in 10 minutes.
“Today was a really bad day for him. He wasn’t in the right rhythm. “Žalgiris” is like a moving train, which he has to catch or jump into, because we don’t stop,” explained the guide from Žalgiris.
Only Arnas Butkevičius remains injured in the team, because Tomas Dimša already played in the match today.
“Arno’s situation is improving. We will see everything in 15 days. Now he is working hard and I could already see a smile on his face in the last few days. This is very rare. This means that he feels better, everything is getting better,” said the coach.
On Monday, the president of the “Žalgiris” club and the legend of the Kaunas team, Paulius Jankūnas, celebrated his 40th birthday. A. Trinchieri had a wish for him: “Another 40 years to be in such good shape. At least. He looks great”, laughed A. Trinchieri.
2024-04-30 07:21:10