Satisfied with its performance Panathinaikou AKTOR in Belgrade, presented at the press conference, after the victory over Red Star with 89-76 Ergin Ataman.
With the Turkish coach standing on the good performance of the “trefoil”, referring to the goals he has set, commemorating the absent Costas Antetokounmpo and Luka Vildosa but also… dropping the thick of for her arbitration.
His statements in detail:
For today’s match: “Of course it is a very important victory for us. We still have four games to protect our position. We started the game with an excellent attack. We moved the ball well and found good shots, especially with Nunn and Grigonis and scored 29 points. That was something that gave us confidence, because it’s not easy to play with duration on this pitch and control the tempo. And I think other than the beginning of the third period, when we took some bad shots and didn’t score for 3-4 minutes, we did it. Sloukas organized very well on the floor and against Astera’s aggressive defense he had 10 assists. We played both inside and outside the racket and had 25 assists for 10 turnovers. It’s a good look for us. And we also found solutions with Lessor to the changes in the defense”.
For his goals with Panathinaikos: “I always have high goals when I take over a team. From the beginning of the season, my expectations are to be in a good position in the playoffs. Now the next match is very difficult and there are many teams at the same level in terms of points. Real is a bit further away from the other teams, but the results show that there is a balance between the other teams. We will see what the end of the season will be for this Panathinaikos”.
For the little rotation he did again: “We played with six players. We had no help from the bench today. Except for Sluka, who came off the bench and gave a lot of help. I hope that in the next games this will change. We are also missing two important players in the rotation, such as Antetokounmpo and Vildosa, and they will help us because it is not easy to play with six-seven players all the time.”
On whether the refereeing is up to the occasion this year: “If you want to pay the fine yourself. I will talk about this at the end of the season.”
Source: Sport Fm
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