Bartzokas: “The best thing for Olympiakos was for Walkap to play 10 minutes, but he played 32”

With an unstoppable Alec Peters o Olympic bent the resistance of the excellent and very apt Mars outside the 6.75 m. (16/32tr.), winning 85-77, at SEF, for the premiere of the Top 6 of the Stoiximan Basket League.

After the match, George Bartzokas he commented at the press conference again on fatigue, using his example Thomas Walkupwhile he again expressed his objections to the new format of the championship with the most demanding games.

His statements in detail:

“Let’s thank the fans who came Sunday afternoon to see the team. We, once again, were not at the level of quality as a team, in the individual quality of the players. Aris played with great intensity, I am happy that no one was injured. We had to play with a lot of energy, especially when we realized that we won’t win by walking. Every time this happens in the last 4-5 matches but we have played close to 60 games and maybe I can understand, coming after Partizan, that motivation, concentration, intensity would be at a low level. Congratulations to Aris.”

On whether he prefers to play hard games in the Basket League: “The best thing for Olympiakos today was that Walkap played 10 minutes and he played 32. We didn’t have another 4, Petrusev is out, Papanikolaou had to rest. This new round of the Greek league will offer strong games, it is six strong games. No one is coming to give up, even though in reality it is difficult to change anything. But we have played 60 games. We still have two more in the EuroLeague to see where we will end up. I know it’s our job and we all have to see it that way, but that’s what we all have to see. This game as something very important. A player who is relaxed and, for example, does not allow Walkup, Fal, Goss to play less, does damage to our team.”