„That’s what we emphasized, the physicality in the first half really threw us off. We kind of knew the style they play, but it was still harder for the players to adapt. We lost the first half due to physicality, but the picture was much better in the second half, we came back into the game, but physicality was a very important factor in the first half,“ the coach emphasized.
The strategist also spoke about the reasons for the lack of physicality, and later highlighted the large number of mistakes in the first half of the match.
„Exactly, that physicality threw us off. We lost a few balls from the guards, three mistakes, I think, were mistakes in offense when setting screens. In the first half, there were also attacks where we didn’t create any shots at all because we were pushed out, we were late somewhere, we thought we would easily receive the ball, but no one gave it, so we made mistakes,“ added T. Masiulis.
The coach also discussed the team’s fast play and the resulting light chaos in this game.
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„Especially during the preparation cycle, we really want to play fast, still in the first games you want to think less and run more, to get into shape. But in the second half, in offense, we already wanted more calm, everyone tried to solve the game individually, although calm was needed, but I think this is a process of improvement. We will watch the video, draw conclusions, but it was definitely visible that both they and we were running, so we lacked cool heads at the end, we can’t get involved in their game,“ replied T. Masiulis.
Already on Friday at 19:30 Lithuanian time, Žalgiris will face Wrocław’s „Śląsk“ team for third place in the „London Lions Invitational“ tournament. The match will be broadcast live from 19:20 on the „Žalgiris Insider“ platform.
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