By Eurohoops Team / info@eurohoops.net
Zalgiris Kaunas easily defeated FC Barcelona Lassa with Kevin Pangos being once again the leader of the team.
And naturally coach Sarunas Jasikevicius was happy with his team’s performance: “I think it was one of our best games this season. We were really solid and very intense. Barcelona has been killing teams at rebounds and I think we won the rebounding battle – or at least they didn’t dominate like they dominated everybody in the Copa del Rey. It is a great win against a great, great team that will be one of the best teams in Europe in the second part of the season. They were competing – they always compete with the coaching staff that they have. But of course, we didn’t expect to win by a big margin and that is just another testament to our players, how really focused they were and it is one of the best games like I said”, he stated.
“I am always nervous, there are always parts of the game you are not going to play your best and I think we started the third quarter very sluggish. But the good thing is that our bench players immediately came in, gave us that lift and we continued in good shape”, Zalgiris’ coach concluded.
Coach Svetislav Pesic did not look for excuses after the game: “Congratulations to Zalgiris. With this victory tonight, they have a good chance to qualify for the playoffs. We didn’t give good answers at the physical level they played for different reasons. Our opponent didn’t allow us to play our basketball game. After the Copa del Rey, two players couldn’t play, Sanders and Seraphin. Three players didn’t practice, some of them like Pau Ribas and Oriola practiced 1-2 times and we lost again two players. The people who know me, know that I’m not looking for excuses. They played excellent basketball, they played tough defense, rebounded and they build confidence to control the game”.
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