With him Kendrick Nunn to score a big floater at the end of the match, o Panathinaikos AKTOR prevailed with a score of 81-79 Virtues at ‘Segafredo Arena’, went up 21-11 and stayed in second place, now even closer to home advantage!
After the match, Ergin Ataman pointed out to Press conference the very good first half of his team but also the bad second, he talked about the last seconds, while pointing out the great importance of the victory but and of 2/2 in the next matches.
In detail what he said:
“We played a fantastic first half both in defense and attack. We moved the ball well until we found the free throw and scored 51 points. But the second half was completely different. We missed free kicks, stopped moving the ball and didn’t find free shots.
In the pick and roll with Lesor and Mitoglou we did not find any points and in the last period we gave confidence to Virtus that she can return to the match. Belinelli is a player who comes off screens and Sengelia made 3-pointers, which is not his usual shot, and they came back.
We ended up managing the last defense well and then with Nan’s buzzer beater, he’s a scorer and it’s common that he made that basket, but to me it’s not common that he lost possessions in the second half. It is a very important victory and in the last 2 matches we want the victories to protect the 2nd place”.
Source: Sport Fm
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