Explaining the reasons for the hole, G. Vovor looked at the playoff series against Wolves

On Sunday evening, the Klaipėda team lost 98:104 against Šiauliai’s “Šiaulius” coached by Žydrūnas Urbonas and lost for the fourth time in a row.

According to G. Vovor, the manager of Neptun, his team allowed the opponents to pick cheap points too easily.

“In the first half of the match, and especially in the first 5 minutes of the match, we played well in defense, we controlled the match, but in the last half Šiauliai scored 36 points, which is really too much.”

Of course, they shot as many as 44 free throws, which is also a lot. If we allow the home team to score 35 points from the free throw line mark, just as it is clear that the game will be decided by one shot and one attack. They hit the all-important 3-pointer and eventually won. Congratulations to them. They played with a great desire to win.

Now we have to focus on the playoffs. We have been preparing for this kind of match since day one. We will be ready to fight,” the Greek summed up the match.

After looking at the streak of four consecutive defeats, G. Vovor highlighted several essential aspects.

“Obviously, after the victory against Zalgiris, we went into the next two games with the wrong attitude. We also talked about this with the team. We played well against Wolves, but against teams like Šiauliai… I told the players that we have to play well for the whole 40 minutes in order to win the away game. In the playoffs, we will have to evaluate every attack,” said G. Vovoras.

In the first round of the “Betsafe-LKL” playoffs, “Neptūnos” will face the challenge of the Vilnius “Wolves” team.

In the regular season, the Klaipėda team lost all three matches against “Vilkus”, but before the decisive battles of the season, G. Vovoras does not raise the white flag.

Wolves are a team that has a good squad and home advantage. This is a team that was fighting for third place in the regular season. They are under pressure to reach the semi-finals as they are playing really well at the moment.

But looking at us, we saw that if we are concentrated in defense, as we were in the last match, we will be able to think about how we can make life difficult for them”, concluded G. Vovoras.

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