Jasikevicius: “I couldn’t make us play as a team – My future doesn’t matter”

Clearly disappointed, Mr Sarunas Yasikevicius took responsibility for it Barcelona defeat by Real in the semi-final of the Final 4 of the Euroleague.

“The responsibility in these situations falls on the coach. We didn’t find a way to play better as a team, turn the ball over better and we looked like a team that wanted to do a lot individually. We’ve played well as a team all season, but that’s what the Final 4 is like. If you have one bad game, you go home and it’s over. My players wanted to win like crazy, but we didn’t find the way to play as a team. It doesn’t matter the percentages, you have to play as a team and the basketball we played was bad, for almost 40 minutes. We had very few minutes of good team basketball“, he emphasized.

Regarding Nikola Mirotic’s performance, which was limited to three points, he said: “Players are human, they have the right to make a bad game. The problem is that I couldn’t find a way to play as a team. Everything can happen, a bad performance can come from one player, but you have to react correctly as a team. We didn’t and we paid the price».

On the second semi-final loss in a row and whether he considers the season a failure, he said:You can judge. For me it is a big disappointment. Disappointment, I don’t know… Whether Giannis Antetokounmpo is right or wrong is irrelevant.».

Finally, when asked about his future, he replied:My future doesn’t matter. We’ve just lost a semi-final and you’re asking me about my future… It doesn’t matter».