A beautiful victory: the heroes "Grunwald" and Shar Corrections, knocked out "Olympiakos"

The problem of the first quarter

Although most Kaunas players play well in the first half thanks to a well-prepared game plan, the scenario was different this time. After the first 10 minutes, "Žalgiris" was late at 19:29. "Olympiacos" seemed to have captured an excellent rhythmic attack, and the most affected players with whom they decided to take risks seemed to be reliable doctors.

The first star is G.Printezis, who has 14 of 18 points. The main goal at the beginning of the match was to prevent N. Milutinov from blocking it easily. A.Kavaliauskas, having started the match at the beginning of the pennant, was obviously removed from G.Printezis with this balloon having a three-point ball, in order to avoid the transfer to N.Milutinov, and a knot Greek from his first point.

After that, an empty corner of the pitch opposed two opponents to the three-point line, and Olympiakos took advantage of that match element – it was very difficult for anyone to help – Princess hit at the second point .

Later, Strelnik penetrated deep into the penalty area and A. Kavaliauskas, perhaps routinely helping the penalty area, left to G. Printez a corner shot by a free kick, while the Greeks made another long shot.

The other players launched three more three-points that followed Zalgiris' defenses or excessively pbadive defenses, allowing them to attack from a distance. It should be added that Kavaliauskas rewarded the Principia by three points on the other side of the pitch – beautiful moves in the penalty area using strength to gain 6 points.

By the way, after starting to play W. Walton, Shar had been ordered to make combinations in which, after the change of Olympiakos, it was necessary to exploit the advantage of E. Ulanov under the basket. Walton chased three of them in the first attack, the other did not notice the extra advantage, and was forced to throw a heavy shot after dribbling.

The Americans are still struggling to join the game Zalgiris, but it is really too early to write them off.

Victory changes

"Žalgiris" from the second half of the match until the end of the match in most cases supported on the tactics of the defense exchange, and it worked perfectly. In the first quarter, the aggressive defensive tactics against the barriers at the corners of the field were not completely up to date and changes had to be made.

The essence of tactical exchange tactics is to mix the rivals' rhythm with the offensive and break the combinations. However, there are many situations in which opponents have the advantage of attacking. But yesterday, the Zalgirians worked hard to defend themselves, preventing Olympiakos from taking advantage of these benefits.

The defenders of Žalgiris perfectly aligned against the heights and prevented them from taking the ball easily – MrGrigonys, N.Wolters, A.Milaknis, E.Ulanov have spent all the matches working hard, which has proved to be a great success.

Meanwhile, the "Žalgiris" with high skin – A.Kavaliauskas, B.Daviesas and A.White, did not allow defenders "Olympiakos" to play successfully 1 for 1 perimeter. Davies' defense on the three-point line was phenomenal. The American has stopped almost all the attempts of the Greek defenders.

"Olympiacos" had a lot of problems with this defense: they made 16 errors in the second half and scored only 27 points. D.Blatto's students also seemed devastated by this defense system as "Žalgiris" playing against Chimki a few weeks ago.

Match the hero

Even 6 players scored two points in the "Zalgiris" standings. And although the victory was achieved through the teamwork defense and the strong attacks of several players, the hero of the evening was Marius Grigonis, who played his most successful match at Eurolyg (19 pts, 8/10 ).

The defender scored three quarters out of three – one after a brilliant combination of Shar after a one-minute break, the other two at the very end of the match, Olympiacos defenders delaying or not putting too much of effort (J. Timma) in defense.

Extremely satisfied with the energy and aggressiveness of Grigio. After a rebound in the third quarter, he defeated all Greek defenders and scored two points from the basket.

We talked about his excellent defense by preventing high school students from easily pbading the ball. However, the most memorable moment when Leo Westerman beat the ball in the fourth quarter, landed on the floor and with him, Grigon also fell to the ground, taking over. Such episodes are particularly appreciated by team coaches and fans – they can not teach such efforts, this should be your instinct.

In the last four games of the Eurolyg, he wins an average. after 13 points and seems to get a little more minutes of play.

conclusions

A nice win "Zalgiris" at home against a powerful opponent. After a poor correction in the first half, the defense could completely defeat Olympiakos colored pencils and make them very often wrong. Kaune Highlanders and defenders also seemed solid to the badault.

The first victory in an extremely important part of the five matches of the first place of the Euroleague is well deserved.