The first head coach assistant of “Prometey” Mantas Sernius, on the eve of the game against “Paris”, shared his thoughts on our EuroCup rival.

- During the first month of the marathon called EuroCup, our team suffered several players’ injuries. However, we have more than 12 basketball players on the roster, so we managed to make some adjustments considering the absence of some players, and the guys were playing with double exertion.

We had great practices before the game against “Paris”, rebooted a little bit after the match against VEF and directed all our attention to a clash against “Paris”.

As for our opponents, they are an extremely fast team, their head coach makes many replacements, and he sometimes can replace three or even four players at once and they keep the pace all through 40 minutes. We must be ready for that and we have to be fresh tonight.

I would like to acclaim an incredibly great “Paris” player – TJ Shorts, who is the main creator, the main architect of the game in this team. In the crucial moments of the clash, the ball is always in his hands, he control the game and manage it on the court.

The Parisians play simply, but each one of their players who comes out on the court is dangerous, for example, their scorer, the number two, Nadir Hifi, he, like Shorts, can lead the team in difficult moments, be a leader on the court. We have to pay Nadir extreme attention in defence. The same goes for Sebastian Herrera and Tyson Ward. All of them are very dangerous in offence. Having 11 wins in 13 matches played this season, they feel very confident.

We must restrain their speed, fight and try not to lose a single duel, be stronger than them in each episode of the game on our own court.

The match against “Paris” will start at 19:00. Broadcast is on YouTube channel DVISPORT.