Guy on sportfm.gr: “Ugly victories help the psychology – Ataman did the best for us”

THE Panathinaikos did… shefte to Euroleagueas it won with a score of 78-71 Bayern Munichleaving behind him with a positive appearance the negative start to the season.

After the match, sport-fm.gr spoke with him Kyle Guywho did not have a good night although he fought a lot in the only 7 minutes he played.

THE American guard referred to how the victory over the Bavarians can help the psychology of the “greens”, while he talked about the problematic part of defensive rebounds and also about his… Ergin Ataman after the fight with the Maroussi.

In detail what he said to Alexandros Tsirigotis:

You got one win after a difficult start to the season. Do you think that was what the team needed to get back on track?

“Of course, every time you get a win against a Euroleague team, and especially a very good team, it’s a positive note.” Now we have to build on that both in the Greek league at the weekend and in the Euroleague next week.”.

What were the details that led you to victory in this violent game?

“I think we again made a lot of mistakes and lost our concentration several times, but every “ugly” victory is important for the psychology and also for the chemistry of the team. We played very hard, we tried to implement the plan and we did well.”

In the second half you had a big problem with the defensive rebound, with Bayern collecting 12 offensively. Do you think this is due to a lack of concentration or chemistry?

“I think it’s a little bit of everything. Obviously sometimes the ball just went after the bounce on them, that happens in basketball. But we definitely need improvement in this part, to become more physical and for the guards to help with rebounds as well.”

After the victory against Maroussi, coach Ataman was furious with the performance and is said to have beaten you, and in the following days he showed you many hours of videos of your mistakes. Do you think this helped you?

“Of course, since we won after that (sb laughs). He did what was best for us and the team, we followed him, he worked for us and we came out and played as hard as we could to get the win.”