Jasikevicius: “Bayern is a very high quality team” 5

Zalgiris left for Munich on Thursday morning, in chase of their sixth win. The green-and-whites get ready to face Bayern, who share the exact same, 5-6 record in the EuroLeague.

Both teams will be missing key players, as Zalgiris will try to get by without Nate Wolters and Antanas Kavaliauskas, while Bayern coach Dejan Radonjic will have to plan his tactics without Devin Booker on the roster.

The game against the German champions, who’ve made it back to the Euroleague after a three-year break tips off at 21:30 Lithuanian time, on Friday evening.

Zalgiris coach Sarunas Jasikevicius gave his pre-game comments, as the team was about to leave for Munich.

“Our opponents are surely a rising power in European basketball. It is a very physical team both inside and on the perimeter. And you know, they’ve already achieved some incredible victories. I think it is a team and an organization that has a lot of potential and will go really far in Europe.”

Asked about the impact of the injuries on both teams, Jasikevicius was adamant that his team will not be changing its’ style of play but did not deny that the injuries will influence both teams.

“There are other guys who will be taking Kavaliauskas’ and Wolters’ place tomorrow and everyone will have to step up to fill the void, but the style of play will not change. We have quite a large rotation, so we just have to keep on moving forward. For them, Devin Booker is an important part of the rotation. He’s an athletic center who can switch on defense well and just gives the team a solid 20 minutes of basketball. The other players will have to show something extra, but if they want to continue playing in their own style, with two really big guys, of course they lose something.”

Jasikevicius singled out Stefan Jovic as a key element of their game, noting his playmaking skills.

“Jovic is very important and a lot of their play relies on him. We’ll have to try limiting his playmaking skills. We’ve also got to keep our eyes on their marksmen, Lo and Koponen, so they couldn’t punish us from the perimeter. As I said, it is a very high quality team.”

Comments

  1. Darius

    Jei nezaidzia 1 is centru, kazkaip nesijaucia. Iskrito pagrindinis sunkus krastas – nepasijuto, zaidimui neatsiliepe. Uzdangsto skyle ir nezaidziant Ulei. Bet as jau pries kuri laika parasiau minti, o kas bus, jei iskris Woltersas ? Teoriskai turime dar 2 izaidejus, o praktiskai ar neteks izaidineti Grigoniui ? Butu visiska impotencija is tu 2 likusiu izaideju. Labiausiai nenoreciau pamatyti tokio vaizdo, nes jei jau taip nutiktu, ta naujausia niekaip neuzsivedanti juoda ir maza reiktu ten, Vokietijoje ir palikti. Arciau jam butu i namus parskristi.

  2. Aha

    Vokieciai turi rimta komanda, ka rodo ir ju rezultatai. Vieni is tiesioginiu Zalgirio konkurentu, todel juos truks plys reiktu aplost, bet kai tokia situacija su traumom, tai cia labai didelis klaustukas, kas ka aplos. Net ir turint pilna rotacija butu su jais reikalu. Reik tiketis, kad Leo pavarys kaip su CSKA, kitaip gali but liudna, nes be pg aplost bet kuria komanda butu sunku.

  3. kaunas

    baikit det i kelnes ikresim tiems bajeristam

  4. Zalia Fan from Germany

    See You on Friday @Munich! We sit in the first row behind our Zalgiris team (guests bench)

  5. Darius

    Tai, kas nutiko Woltersui, nera atsitiktinumas. Idemiai ji stebiu ir matau, kad zmogus pavargsta labiausiai is visu zaideju, kartais 4 kel jau buna vos gyvas, o zaisti dar reikia. Tempia ant savo peciu ir koju Jasikeviciaus sistema, nes kiti 2 jo pozicijos niekaip nesuzaidzia. Laiko klausimas buvo, kada zmogus sugrius. Dabar be Wolterso zaisim ne pries bajeristus, o pries rimta komanda, kuri turi ambiciju patekti i top-8. Nesuprantu, kaip galima juos nuvertinti ir sakyti e, desim jiem i kaulus. Desim, 25 % sansu turim is 100, tai tikrai.

    Bet turiu pastaba tai mergaitei, kur cia tekstus raso. Jasikevicius pasake kad turim kazkokia rotacija, o ne turim didele rotacija. Kazkokia nera zodzio didele sinonimas.