Dimitris Priftis complained about the refereeing after the defeat of Panathinaikos from Monaco in OAKA, considers that they made a great effort to return to the match in the second period, stood by James’s performance and believes that there is no reason to take “pulled” efforts when someone match starts and “goes wrong”.
Analytically: “It was a difficult game. We made a good effort for a period of the game. The problem concerns our appearance in the second period on both sides of the floor. We behaved badly at that time.
In the second half, we tried, we really fought, but it was not enough. It was crucial to score the personal shots that James created and took from afar. He was very effective. We have a difficult program ahead of us, in two days we will play with a very good opponent “.
For the reaction of his team when a game “goes wrong” and the effort in the last minutes: “In the end, we take some ‘pulled’ actions, at risk. Sometimes they come in and we approach. The issue is why we get there. We did not have a bad performance today, with the exception of the period 11′-24 ‘. Defensively, we did not touch anyone and offensively we made mistakes. We only had 1 mistake in the first period and we made 8 in the second.
In the end, James put two three-pointers with his hand on it. We made a mistake, the difference went to 8p., The data changed. “We had to ‘chase’, the psychology changed and the time was reduced.”
For the second period that made the difference: “What worries me about the kids is the way we handled the second ten minutes. He is wronging us. We have made progress, we played well in the first period, with passing and a good mentality. I can say in the second half, despite our mistakes.
The complaint is the large deviation from the first to the second period. Let’s make 1-2 mistakes, not 3-4 consecutive possessions that we accepted baskets and did not put. This gave the opponent an advantage and “opened” the score with 8-10 points “.
For arbitration: “Let’s not talk about arbitration. It is a Euroleague match, whenever we talk about refereeing … I have already “eaten” a big fine. Let’s not talk about arbitration. I understand that you understand. But, we must not hide behind that either. Sorry…”.
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Source: Sport-fm
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