His opinion on her lost final CSKA Moscow from Olympiakosin the 2012 Euroleague, was shared by Andrei Kirilenko.
The veteran forward and current president of the Russian basketball federation said that year the favorites were the “army team” and Panathinaikosbut on the other hand “bowed” to Dusan Ivkovic and Vasilis Spanoulissaying that it is the duo that works… miracles!
What Andrey Kirilenko said in detail to “Okko Sport”:
“The two strongest teams in the 2011/12 season were CSKA Moscow and Panathinaikos. In my opinion, Olympiacos was not a team to qualify for the Final Four, but as always the Ivkovic-Spanoulis duo did their… miracle. They went step by step, qualified for the Final Four, knocked out Barcelona first and then beat us in the final.
I will agree that we didn’t lose the final on Printezis’ last basket, but that was all that was left. I think we lost it at the end of the third period and the beginning of the fourth when we gave Olympiakos the feeling that they could get back into the game. And that’s because for more than three quarters, the game was monologue, as the difference was 15-20 points.
However, in the end we gave them a chance to counter-attack. Olympiacos made the first three shots and their players began to believe that a return to the match was possible. And they came back. And then the match went to the last shot and it doesn’t matter if Spanoulis would have put it in or not, but I believe he would have put it in too. Finally, he passed to Printezis. This is… lotto. Who would have expected that Siskauskas would miss two shots, at a rate of 90%. Who would have expected that Spanoulis would not take the attack and pass».
Source: Sport Fm
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