Before the sixth attempt at home victory, Shar congratulated the "designers" and Guadaite: they are one of the most talented

This match will be especially important for the residents of Kaunas to regain confidence after three consecutive losses in the final seconds and to prove in general that the wall of the house at Eurolyg makes sense – until now, Žalgiris has lost his five steps in the team.

In case of another failure, the Zalgirians would continue to go down the tournament board.

On Wednesday evening, during a brief press conference, the head coach of "Zalgiris", Šarūnas Jasikevičius, did not spare the congratulations of the future Italian opponents.

"We are facing one of the best offensive and talented teams in the league, so the most important thing for us is good defense, we have to allow opponents to win less than 20 points in a quarter. We have to defend our rules, which we have not done for 40 minutes, "said Sh Jasikevičius. – We can not allow them to collect light points during a quick attack and a second chance. We can not share anything for free. "

Last season, the people of Kaunas beat twice the captain of the capital of fashion. After the unsuccessful season (10 wins, 20 losses – penultimate, 15th place in Euroleague), the summer, the team has intensified intensively and continues to play a playoff playoff.

Mike James, arrived from Athens to Panathinaikos, immediately became one of the most important players of the team. The defender scored on average 19 points and made 7 transfers.

According to the results, James is in the league only to Alekseyi Svedev, according to the advantage in Eurolyga is the fifth.

James is also distinguished from Sh. Jasikevičius also mentioned the two former players "Unicaja" from Malaga – Nemanja Nedovičai and Jeff Brooks.

"It is too early to talk about the tournament table, but the fact that the rivals are very talented Mr. James and N. Nedovičius are both very talented players around which all the basketball of the team makes half In addition, the roles are clearly defined in this team – the players from the first to the third "try to attack more often the basket, A. Gudaitis and Kalebas Tarczewski fight well for the balloons.

In fourth place, Mr. Kuzminsk can quickly attack and J Brooks is fighting for balls. The roles are well arranged. They play in their style and it is very difficult to beat them ", – The strengths of rivals named Š. Jasikevičius.

Admittedly, N. Nedovičienė, mentioned by the coach of Zalgiris coach, was traumatized and did not fight in Thursday's match.

Speaking about Lithuanians in the AX Armani team, Kaunas strategist highlighted the role of A. Gudaitis in the board of directors.

"Gudaitis is really a huge force behind the basket, fighting for balls, it's very difficult to get out and push him out of the penalty box, he gets under the basket, uses the services of the players , takes advantage of the points of the basket and the sticks, and Mr Kuzminsk runs into quick attacks and widens their game ", – said Shar.

In badessing the opponents, the quarterback of Žalgiris also distinguished the sporting form of Vladimir Micovo. The 33-year-old Serbian is playing one of the best of his season with an average of 16 points.

"He's an upscale player with many benefits, a huge experience at Eurolyg, but it's too early to talk – some are getting better, some worse." The fact that he's gaining a lot of points "We have seen a lot of games, we see what he feels in defense, we will try to limit these points," said the coach.

Žalgiris still can not help P. Jankūnas. The exact situation of the attacker will be revealed after further research. True, Sh. Jasikevičius thinks that his loss is badly compensated by the other players.

"We are waiting for the setting up of a two-week period – then, searches will be done again to see if they have been spit out and if we can get something new." forgive or not We can not cry, that's the situation – we have to go help another player, take Paul's place and do his job. I do not think we are losing the match because of Paul's absence, "said Š. Jasikevičius.

The Milan team, with 6 wins and 3 losses in the Euro League, is currently ranked 5th, the Italians outnumbering the same winner of Barcelona as the best goal scored. Žalgiris has an inverted match score (3/6) and takes the 10th place. The overall score remains at the same time as the winners of the teams of Vitoria Baskin and Chimki of Moscow. Granted, for both of them at home, the Zalgiris have already lost this season.

The Zalgiris – AX Armani match will begin Thursday night at noon.

Tournament table
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