The captain of the National Basketball, Haris Giannopoulos, stressed that nothing went well in defense and attack after 33-48 and considers that they lost their rhythm and did not relax, analyzed the team’s game, considers that one player complements the other and that there is no pressure for the result.
Analytically: “There are a lot of things that did not go well, it was not one or two. In case you go to +15, the match should then go to +20, +25 and end there. We made mistakes up front, we accepted some easy baskets, we left some shots that we should not have missed. We learn and we go on Sunday to get the victory “.
He then stressed that: “It was not a matter of relaxation, it was more a matter of rhythm. We went to +15 and, instead of continuing to have a high pace, we slowed down, we went a lot to the “five against five” which “hurt” us a lot, because yes the tall ones scored from inside, but then, from a point, we did not they gave the fouls, we did not get advantages and we were very static in the attack, something that cost us and gave them easy baskets in the surprise. So, I think it was purely a matter of rhythm and mistakes made in the defense, that we left some free three-pointers “.
He also claimed that: “All the children are ready to come in and complement each other, to play as one, no matter who comes in and who goes out. “I think it was purely a matter of our choices and some mistakes, as I said, made in defense.”
He also noted that: “There is no different pressure. We are the National Team of Greece and we will have to win the next match. Whether we lost today or won, for us it is one and the same, because you play a match at home and you have to win it. We had some good intervals.
We had a good Inside game, sometimes we ran the field quite well. “What I hold on to is that we got a difference and lost it in a way that should not happen again in any of the next games.”
As for the presence of Nikos Galis next Sunday in Alexandreio, although it is an extra incentive for the players, he stated that: “No, I do not think that any extraterrestrial factor influences, although it is a great honor for us to come and see us. “The only factor we care about is the flag on the chest.”
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