Regular Season
Round 24 of 34
Regular Season
Zalgiris KaunasZAL
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Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-GasteizBKN
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Rolands Smits, Zalgiris: 'It is so good to play here!'
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Kazys Maksvytis, Zalgiris Kaunas head coach
"I liked all of this game. We talk about character and fighting until the end. We were behind almost all the game. It wasn't easy to be like this, but congratulations to my players and the fans. We fought until the end. We thought that we would win, and we won. It is very important, because after some losses you have some doubts, [even] if you are in a good way or not. We have a couple of days of rest, a couple of days with practices and [then] the team is back on the road. We are very happy.
"Congratulations to our team and our fans. It is not easy, from our side, to be behind all the game, but we fought until the end. We still were in the game, fought until the end and deserved this win. The only that we had, mostly, was offensive rebounds. They got a lot of second chances, it killed us all game long. But in the end, we grabbed this important rebounds, won and deserved this win."
Joan Penarroya, Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz head coach
"In the last 2-3 minutes, we missed all the shots. We missed all the shots, and it is impossible to win in the last minutes if you don't score.
"Congratulations to Zalgiris for winning the game. I think we could have won, but in the last minutes of the second half, we have had problems with our offensive situations. Our percentages were bad. At the start of the game, I think we played with rhythm, but we didn't control our defensive rebounds and Zalgiris scored in easy situations after offensive rebounds. But I think, in the second quarter, we controlled our paint better. In the last quarter, in the last 2-3 minutes, we didn't score: only 2 points in the last three minutes. It is very difficult [to win] a close game if we don't score in the final minutes. I think that we competed well tonight. There was a great atmosphere and we played against a great team, so it was not easy to play in Kaunas. I think we competed better than in the last [road] games, but our problems on offense didn't give us options to win the game in the last minutes. At home, we play in front of our atmosphere, with our fans. We play faster, quicker, with more rhythm and confidence. But tonight, our problem was not in solid defensive situations, it was our percentages."
Edgaras Ulanovas, Zalgiris Kaunas forward
"In general, in the last period, we have been suffering in the last couple of games, and I believe we deserved this win tonight because it was a lot of suffering during this game tonight. A lot of difficult situations, tight game at the end, and we really fought together until the last moment. We improved a lot offensively by sharing the ball, and played with a little more patience. I believe this is what we need to do even more in this situation, when we don't have point guards and are missing some players. In general, again, big character, and I hope we can build on this win in the future. If you make some shots, automatically you want to continue, so it is a natural approach. But tonight, Rolands [Smits] was amazing, also Iggy [Ignas Brazdeikis] at moments, Kevarrius [Hayes] made a huge block at the end. It is all about small things, not all the time about scoring."
Rolands Smits, Zalgiris Kaunas forward
"I think that stopping the transition [was the key], because they are a very good team in transition, and playing hard from the first minute because they are playing very tough basketball, so we needed to start first. In some episodes, we didn't play how we needed to play but after that, we started to play as a team, tough basketball and it led to a win. It is crazy [the atmosphere] like always here, sold out. It is so good to play here!"
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