Serelis: “There is improvement and continuity in what we want to do – Important to win”

The stigma for tomorrow’s (7/4) home match Panathinaikou with Alba Berlin, for the 33rd matchday of the Euroleague regular season, Christos gave Serelis.

With the Greek technician standing on the stability presented by the “greens” on both sides of the floor, now, declaring: “There is definitely an improvement and a continuity in what we want to do, that’s the most important thing. That is, we are not different from game to game in a fairly large part of the game, mainly in the way we want to play defense, I would say. And the second important thing is that we start and think about both sides of the field independently. When the team was good on offense, in the past, they also played better defense. Now, I think we have started to have this thing differently in our minds, distinguishing the situations and trying to always be serious and solid in the defense and in the attack there will be both good and bad options».

Regarding the condition of the wounded, Serelis said: “We are a little better, but we will see. Maybe we’ll expect Ponitka and Walters in training today, but I don’t think we’ll be with new players in the next game.”

As for the competitive profile of the German team which is different compared to the rest of the Euroleague teams? “This is 100% true, this is what we were saying in the previous days. This is a team that, although it does not have many victories, plays very differently from all the other teams. I believe he can beat anyone, but also lose to anyone. With the way he plays, with the ignorance of risk, many times the results are what they would not like. I believe that this team needs special attention in defense because they have a rhythm in their game that is very good“, he answered meaningfully.

Finally, to the question of whether it constitutes extra motivation for Panathinaikos that the next game will be the last this year at home for him in the Euroleague, the Greek coach was absolute: “We are motivated for all the games, we have said that. Obviously because it is the last game in the Euroleague, at home, we would like to win it and close with a win. For as much pleasure as we can give to the world, to the team, to have even better psychology, it will be very important to win tomorrow.”