THE Olympic entered with the right in 2025, as well countered Zalgiris’ lead and defeated them in Kaunas.
After the end of the match, George Bartzokas he expressed his satisfaction with the result and addressed, among other things, the normal decline in the Lithuanians’ success rates but also the injury problems.
What he said in detail:
“We spoke initially and in the dressing room that we cannot allow something like this to continue to happen. We allowed them to take a lot of free throws. We let them get a lot of offensive rebounds like we did in the second half.
They couldn’t shoot 65% on threes for 40 minutes, so we stuck to our plan, we were patient, and I really think this win is very important after Milan. It is important for continuity.
In the end, with a missed rebound and a miscommunication by Vezenkov and Goss, they scored a layup and then it was a tough defense in the middle that I think was fouled and then they got a three in transition, but we did what we could. We kept our cool.
We’ve had a lot of injuries lately and I hope we’re all together, I know it’s difficult with this pace, the schedule that’s there. All games are difficult. We have to be healthy, but sometimes you need luck to stay healthy.”
Source: Sport Fm
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