His fourth defeat in the first six matches of the Euroleague was suffered on Friday night (03/11) by Panathinaikoswho surrendered to the superiority of Barcelona, knowing the… flattering defeat at the “Palau Blaucrana” with score 80-72.
The coach of the “greens”, Ergin Ataman, referred to the press conference in the image and the competitive offer of certain players, “photographing” among others him Juancho Hernangometwith the Spaniard finishing the match without a point (0/1d., 0/1tr.) and with two rebounds.
At the same time, regarding the acquisition of Kendrick Nunn and the further strengthening of the roster, he left it open possibility for one more addition.
His statements in detail:
On the loss to Barcelona: “In the first period we started well, but from the second quarter onwards we lost control of the game. Barcelona grabbed 10 offensive rebounds in the first half. He made a lot of baskets after pick-and-rolls. We couldn’t get back into the game in the third period either.
We had very low productivity in attack from some players. Even from a player you know well. The only way to improve the game is to improve individual performance. I hope we will find a way to do it. Especially with some players who are big names but so far I haven’t seen that level. I have not seen their quality based on our expectations.
In the fourth quarter it doesn’t reflect the real picture of the match, because Barcelona put on the substitutes, so it was easier for us to reduce the score. And Barcelona were missing two important players, Laprovitola and Giedraitis. We were also without our two main point guards, Sluka and Vildosa, it was difficult to play our system, especially away from home. Grant got tired at one point and then we lost all control there.”
About Kyle Guy: “I don’t want to talk about my players by name. You are the journalists, you saw the game, you can write about it.”
For transcriptional support: “We added Kendrick Nunn. Maybe one more addition. We are in discussions.”
Source: Sport Fm
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