The first team to win three victories will advance to the grand final, while the losing team will go to the small final.
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This victory is the first in Juventus’ history at the semifinal stage. Until now, the team that reached this stage five times had lost all 13 matches.
“We stuck to the plan quite well, adjusting it at times. The players reacted appropriately. Listening to me and executing the plan during the game worked quite well,” said L. Eglinskas after the match.
Having already defeated Vilnius “Rytas” 2-0 in the quarterfinals, it seemed that the Utena team had reached their emotional peak. However, in today’s game, they showed that they can still rise in the energy segment.
“I think we already had the energy before the playoffs. But that’s not the main aspect. Physicality is important. You need not to burn out, not to force it. We want to play intensively but not rush. We try to find a balance between that, and today it worked quite well. This is important in such games,” emphasized L. Eglinskas.
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In this game, Juventus scored 20 more points in fast breaks than their opponents. However, the coach was pleased with other things.
“It is pleasing that we won the battle for rebounds. When we defended, we recovered the ball and could run a fast break. Good defense greatly simplifies that,” L. Eglinskas praised his players.
“Neptūnas” made only 22.7% of their three-point shots. What caused this?
“They usually make them, but we prepared for that. The task was to take away their three-pointers. We cannot continue to expect them to shoot so poorly. We provoked them and knew where we could take risks. We controlled their poor percentage,” emphasized L. Eglinskas.
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