Ataman: “We are much better than Olympiakos – They played with eight foreigners tonight”

The 2-0 over the “eternal” opponent in the Stoiximan Basket League was made on Monday night (22/01) by Panathinaikos AKTORwho prevailed with difficulty 85-80 of Olympiakos at OAKA, for the context of the 15th game of the championship.

Speaking at the press conference after the end of the match, Ergin Ataman emphasized that at this time, the “greens” are much better from Olympiakos, while at the same time he mentioned that for 36 minutes, his players played great basketball.

At the same time, he said that he is proud of Kalaitzakis but also the Greek players of the team, at the time when the Olympiacos played with eight foreign players, leaving spikes for them Mitrou-Long and Walkup.

What Ergin Ataman said in detail:



“I think in the 36 minutes we played great basketball, we dominated the game, even though we had poor three-point percentages. We turned the ball over, Kalaitzakis pressed in defense, but in the last four minutes we made defensive mistakes. We deserved to win by a bigger margin, but we will learn how to manage these matches for the Euroleague and the championship.

I am proud of Kalaitzakis, we have very good Greeks. We played five strangers tonight. Olympiacos has six foreigners, plus Walkup, plus Mitrou-Long. We have given an important defensive role to Kalaitzakis, we have an advantage in the Greek roster. I told you, tonight we had five foreigners and Olympiacos had eight”.