By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Jonas Valanciunas is ready for the challenge to face the best so far player of the tournament, Pau Gasol, however don’t expect Lithuania to give up without a fight.
As the Toronto Raports center said: “He is a great player with a misleading set of movements. He knows how to use them in any given situation. Still I believe that both teams feel the same pressure. They both want to win. Since we are in the final, like we did in 2013, we want this time to complete our goal”.
Coach Jonas Kazlauskas added: “It’s not entirely correct to simply concentrate our defense against Gasol. Spain is playing very quick, so we have to stop their fast break. We just can’t allow them that. We have our plans for this game, but the question is how we will fulfill them. It’s an important fact that Spain had one extra day to rest, but if the desire is there, then any kind of fatigue will be forgetten for later”.