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The head coach of FC Barcelona, Sarunas Jasikevicius, spoke to Spanish media ahead of the vital Game 5 in the EuroLeague best-of-five playoffs series against FC Bayern Munich.

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The Lithuanian mastermind believes that his team's success could rely on shooting from beyond the arc.

"I think they will try to defend in their own way and cover the paint. It will be very important to score from outside," Jasikevicius said at a pre-game conference on Monday, via Mundo Deportivo.

"There is little room for surprise and there is no time to train. We are focused on the mental and physical freshness of the players," he added.

According to Jasikevicius, there is no space for mistakes this time, so the certainty must come from the first second.

"Now we can't have any doubts (about shooting threes). Those, who have a shot, have to shoot. I was unhappy with the decision-making in Game 4. When we were wide open, we doubted and didn't shoot."

Saras also explained the situation of Cory Higgins, who continues to train individually. The American shooting guard is ruled out of playing Game 5.

"He needs a couple of training sessions to get back with the team but he's pretty close already," Jasikevicius concluded.

For his part, Nikola Mirotic talked about the upcoming finale and sent a message to the fans.

"It's a final and we hope to win it," Mirotic spoke. "We have to suffer but we are one game away from the Final Four. I ask the fans the same as up to now: come to Palau Blaugrana, be a sixth player, and enjoy the game."

The ultimate duel of the Barcelona-Bayern series is scheduled for tomorrow (May 3) at 20:00 CET.

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