Ataman: “We are still not playing the basketball we want”

Ergin Ataman emphasized that Panathinaikos made many mistakes and had few assists against Bayern, he focused on the absence of Sluka and the limitation of Edwards, he praised Mandzouka and Papapetrou, while he considers it important to play with three points.

Analytically:

For the match: “Certainly my job is not the easiest in the world. We’re still not playing the basketball we want. Today we put up a great fight, we won the game, however this basketball we played is not what I have dreamed of.

We made a lot of mistakes, 14 I think, and we had 12 assists. For sure, we were affected by the absence of Sluka, who is our main point guard. We fought hard, we were aggressive in defence, we managed to limit Edwards. The one who gave us the biggest problem was Bolmaro and Bayern’s offensive rebounds.

Mantzoukas did an important job, making some three-pointers at important points in the game, while Papapetrou was also important in the chemistry of the team.”

On whether a lot of 3-pointers is a style of play he wants to implement: “Of course. Juancho and Mandzoukas managed to score very important baskets, however this game we want with a lot of runs and pick-and-rolls should be done without the many mistakes we made today.”