THE George Bartzokas protested the dismissal of Thomas Walkup and spoke of difficult conditions after the defeat of Olympiakos by Panathinaikos in Game 2 of the finals.
“Unfortunately Black cannot play because he is not healthy. Slukas was not here, Vezenkov hit and Walkup with an unsportsmanlike foul and a flopping, which I wonder how they were given. We were patient though and lost a match of our own, as it turned out. We made a mistake in attack, we made a mistake in defense, Panathinaikos made two big shots and got a tip in from Mandzoukas. We will learn from this game and be ready for the next one. We had a chance to win, but we made mistakes at the end“, he emphasized.
“Obviously some players fell behind, maybe they didn’t get into the spirit of the match, maybe they missed Playmaking. When you go to win a championship, it’s under difficult circumstances. Difficult conditions are what happen here in general and we have to get out of this thing and overcome difficulties like the ones we faced today. We have to play our game like we have all year. I’m optimistic, the series is 1-1, we have the home advantage and I hope we win the championship“, he added.
Source: Sport Fm
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