2023-04-28 21:20:00
The Catalan club he represents beat Kaunas “Žalgiris” 89:81 in the second match of the Euroleague quarter-final series held on Friday and now leads the series 2-0 up to three wins.
“Finally we have 2-0. That’s a good sign, it was a great fight. “Žalgiris” was well prepared by the coaches, and the players were completely different. We need to bow low to “Žalgiris” and hope for a stronger fight in Kaunas,” said the 22-year-old from Mažeiki.
In this match, he scored 9 points (2/2 doubles, 1/1 triples, 2/3 penalty), made 3 assists and collected 14 utility points in 14 minutes once morest his former team.
“We were hoping that they would really change something and attack us where they didn’t attack us in the first match. Everything lasted until the fourth quarter, but this is to the credit of “Zalgiris”. You really needed to sweat in this match.
Now in Kaunas, he and his fans will create an even bigger sauna for us”, reasoned the defender representing the Barcelona team.
The basketball player also said that following his successful episodes, which led to the defeat of “Zalgiris”, he received unpleasant messages.
“My compatriots don’t like me now. I hope that the relatives were happy, but “Zalgiris” fans are probably already angry. I have already received some messages (smiles)”, said R. Jokubaitis.
Barcelona now leads the series 2-0 in three wins. In the entire history of the Euroleague, no club has ever managed to eliminate such a deficit.
“There’s always someone who can rewrite history, I hope we won’t be the ones to do that,” he added.
The third match of the series will be played in Kaunas on May 3.
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