On Thursday in Bavaria, Kaunas’ streak of five consecutive victories came to an end – they lost 74:77 (7:19, 21:19, 19:20, 27:19) against Munich “Bayern” (6 -2), which was tied with “Žalgiris” in terms of wins.
All this against the second worst defensive team in the league, allowing 87.6 points per game so far.
“We played in the first half very badly and it had a big impact on the course of the game. We had no basketball face, we passed each other the hot potato and created no advantage. We were very slow, predictable. After that, it’s very difficult to find out when you miss free throws, 3-pointers, and 2-pointers. But finally, in the second half of the game, we found a way to play, we were tougher, we caused a few fouls, we became more aggressive in attack and we came back. But three or four important moments did not go our way”, said A. Trinchieri after the failure.
L. Walker IV closed out the final game after missing four 2-pointers and 3-pointers in 13 minutes, two fouls and a -9 rating.
“We found five players who were aggressive in defense and had attacking ideas. We found five players who were working – A. Trinchieri announced the reason for their return. – I am very disappointed with the first half of the game. I can’t talk about the possibility now, I want to see what happened. We played against a very good team, we played badly but we fought back and only lost three points. If we could avoid that first half, we might be talking about a different game. We might be talking about a different game if Carsen Edwards hadn’t hit that mid-court shot. It changed the course of the game.”
“It’s not a bad thing, but it’s backwards. The season is long, so I try to take care of small things like that”, – A. Trinchieri is not going to rush his student to the field.
2024-11-07 23:13:00
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