Jasikevicius: “Thank you to the people for the welcome, I’m always happy to come back here”

THE Panathinaikos he did not succeed despite the battle he fought against the Barcelonaknowing the defeat in OAKA with a score of 88-74.

One of the beautiful highlights of the evening was his entrance Sarunas Yasikevicius on the floor of OAKA, when the audience of the “greens” was en masse.

After the match, “Saras” thanked the crowd for the reception he received, while he spoke about the factors that brought his team’s satisfactory victory.

What “Saras” said in detail:

“Congratulations to my players and thanks to the people for the reception. It is difficult to win away from home and this victory gives us joy. We found solutions with Tobi and Mirotic. We made 18 errors in the game. After the first quarter we won the battle of the rebounds and I am happy for this victory”.

To return to OAKA: “It always brings back happy memories every time I come back here. I have a very warm relationship with the people and I am always happy when I come back here”

For the pressure on the result: “We definitely feel the pressure and it’s something we want. I have felt pressure since I was 16 years old. It’s good to have pressure. We have good players and we are improving during the tournament.”

For the fact that the tall ones went out in the three-pointer: “We understood that Papagiannis and Gudaitis were not coming out of the picture. We expected changes in Panathinaikos’ formation. The resulting injuries did not give them the opportunity for changes. Papagiannis hurt us in the first quarter.”