Euroleague Lithuanians: R. Jokubaitis' career record, clever D. Motiejūnas and the “Basques”

Donatas Motiejūnas

The Monaco starter midfielder was a little distracting at the start of the match, but flashed brightly in the 5th minute when he took the ball and ended the quick attack himself. After that, D. Motiejūnas pushed well under both baskets, managed to help his teammates, his sudden decisions helped to develop attacks, and branded semi-hooks damaged the nerves of the opponents.

D.Motiejūnas played 25.5 minutes, scored 10 points (5/8 colonies, 0/2 penalties), rebounded 5 balls and provoked 5 fouls.

Monaco (8-11) defeated Bayern (8-11) 83:78 after a draw. The Monaco team played weaker only in the second half, allowing their opponents to rebalance the score. But even before the break, Monaco broke forward again, widening the gap to 10 points in the fourth quarter and keeping the lead to siren.

Rokas Jokubaitis

Barcelona A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from the left after 7 minutes. At the end of the first half, R. Jokubaitis was characterized by only two mistakes, and at the beginning of the second quarter he did not hit a free throw, did not throw from a medium distance and was soon replaced. While playing the first throw, the Lithuanian hit only in the third attempt in the penultimate minute of the second quarter, but revealed himself from the best side after the break. He often found himself on the verge of attack and did not hesitate to throw him into the basket from a distance or from a distance, as well as breaking into the penalty area, and feeling hot, he also made a couple of unprepared throws

R. Jokubaitis was the most productive player of Barcelona. It takes 21 minutes. scored 16 points (3/6 two-point, 3/4 three-point, 1/3 penalty), made 2 assists and made 4 mistakes. The 21-year-old defender improved his career record by one point.

Barcelona (16-4) beat champion Anadolu Efes ”(9-10) club 82:77. The difference was never double-digit in this match, but Barça was always ahead after the break.

Marius Grigonis

CSKA’s defender rose from the bench in the middle of the first half and already lost the ball after a few seconds. After that, he was very reluctant to give the ball even to his teammates and attack as soon as the least opportunity arose. M.Grigonis once got a block until the middle of the second half, once he didn’t even hit the bow, but twice the ball went all the way to the net. From the middle of the second half, the Lithuanian played more disciplined, threw less often, but more accurately

M. Grigonis played 28 minutes. (longest in the team), scored 16 points (1/4 two-point, 4/6 three-point, 2/2 penalty), rebounded 4 balls and made 4 assists

CSKA (12-7) defeated ASVEL (8-10) at home 90:83. There was an equal battle in the three halves – the leading team changed 16 times, but at the beginning of the fourth quarter CSKA started to move away quickly and gained a decisive advantage of 12 points in a few minutes.

Rokas Giedraitis

The Baskonia starting five striker played quite passively at the beginning of the match and threw it into the basket for the first time only in the 5th minute, when it was forced to do so by the clock counting the attack time. From the middle of the first half, R. Giedraitis has been sitting on a bench for quite a long time, but when he returned to the court he showed only a small part of what he was paying for, and his single throws on the scoreboard made only minor cosmetic corrections.

R.Giedraitis played for 26 minutes. and scored 10 points (2/4 two-pointers, 2/4 three-pointers)

Baskonia (7-12) away lost to Real (15-3) 74:89. The Vitoria team was already two-digit behind in the first half and did not cause any tension during the other halves.