As the Lithuanians went briefly to celebrate ” one of the greatest victories of [leur] career “, The Americans were just as logically gray at the end of their defeat against the Baltic nation.
At a press conference, Anthony Edwards tried to keep a smile and his zenitude alongside his coach Steve Kerr. But the Wolves full-back is aware of the reality of things. While the Warriors coach believes that the team opposite has ” pasted a line to his team, the back of the Wolves does not want to look for excuses.
Could the arbitration have played against them, we ask him? ” No, they beat us fair. Cheers to number 22 (sic, Eimantas Bendzius) who scored two big 3-point baskets in the fourth quarter, while we were coming back (note: the second is signed Kuzminskas). Out of balance, about to come out. He put another one in with two seconds left, I touched the ball, he picked it up and sent. Congratulations to him, it was his evening. So yeah they beat us fair “, thus develops the All-Star.
Jalen Brunson’s Mea Culpa
He finished top scorer in the game with his 35 points (14/26 on shots). But his big individual outing was not enough against the collective strength opposite, where no less than seven players finished with 11 points or less. The training of NBA players has especially paid for its catastrophic start to the match.
After 10 minutes of play, they were trailing by 19 points (12-31). ” We must congratulate them, they were ready to play. I have a lot of respect for them “, also greets Jalen Brunson, author of 14 points.
The Knicks point guard believes that Lithuania executed their game plan, where his own team has “ started too slowly. We played better in the second half (but) we waited too long to play. It’s my fault, I have to be ready to play, I have to make everyone ready. Respect to them, they played well. »
The former teammate of Luka Doncic in Dallas recalls that his team must be in the fight for 40 minutes. Now she has no no more choice “. This defeat should serve as an electric shock. ” Otherwise, we go home, that’s about all. » « We will have the opportunity to play again, I only think about the next game “, projects Anthony Edwards speaking of the quarter-final tomorrow Tuesday against Italy.
