A pair of teams looking to recover winning ways meet at Zalgirio Arena as Zalgiris Kaunas (5-7) hosts AS Monaco (7-5) as both look to salvage the double-round week with a victory.
Tomas Dimsa, Zalgiris: 'We need to come together'
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Kazys Maksvytis, Zalgiris coach
"A match against one of the EuroLeague’s elite teams. AS Monaco is a very physical and athletic team. I would say they are one of the favorites in the EuroLeague in terms of their line-up. With stars like Mike James, who is in good shape, Jordan Loyd and Donatas Motiejunas, who we know well, who is also in good shape now. It’s going to be a tough game. For us, it is a difficult stage. The last defeat was painful, and then the player losses followed. I think we have nothing to do but to come together as a team. We will also be looking for help from our fans, now we will play a few games at home, so I believe that we will be united and we will fight for the victory."
Tomas Dimsa, Zalgiris players
"We are coming back home after few games on the road. It is a difficult stretch not only because of some lost games, but also we have lost Arnas [Butkevicius], Brady [Manek] and Lukas [Lekavicius] due to injuries. The next player just has to step up in such situations. It will not be easy against such team as AS Monaco, but with the help of our fans we need to come together."