The website quotes Zalgiris head coach Andreas Trinchieri as saying at the pre-match press conference that Monaco is a possible departure for Schmitt.
“He is trying to overcome the pain, so we will see,” answered the coach when asked if the Latvian will play in Monaco.
“It’s a question of the day of the game, he’s still not in the rhythm of the game, so we’ll see,” Trinchieri added.
After the injury on March 15, Šmits has missed three team games in the Euroleague.
In the middle of March, Šmits was injured in the Euroleague game of the “Žalgiris” team away from “Bayern” Munich, when in the middle of the second quarter after landing he injured his right ankle and left the field only with the help of the “Žalgiris” staff.
Before the game with Bayern, Schmidt had averaged 11.5 points and 4.6 rebounds per game in the Euroleague this season, accumulating an efficiency ratio of 11.6.
Kaunas basketball players are in 11th place with 14 victories in 32 matches, while “Monaco” is third with 21 victories. Istanbul’s Anadolu Efes, who are in tenth place and will enter the first round of the playoffs if they keep it, have 15 wins.
This will be the penultimate game for the Kaunas team in the main tournament. The last one will be played at home against Real Madrid on April 11. To enter
In the ULEB Euroleague, 18 teams play a two-round tournament, the best six enter the elimination tournament, while the seventh to tenth place winners will compete in the “play-in” round. The final four tournament will take place in Berlin this season.
In the previous season, the basketball players of “Real” Madrid became the winners of Europe’s most prestigious club tournament for the 11th time, who defeated “Olympiacos” of Piraeus in the final game in Kaunas with a score of 79:78.
