To regroup mentally and physically, avoid Tuesday’s mistakes and react with a win that will bring the series to 2-2 and transfer the pressure to Barcelona is called Olympic in Game 5, as pointed out by George Bartzokas.
“We come from a difficult defeat, in a match that we could easily have won. We had several chances in the match, but all the decisions at the end, the opponents’ and our own, were somehow against us. We could have made better defensive choices, taken the last shot, taken a shot, or not given Abrines a three-pointer at +5. We know that Barcelona is a very strong, talented and experienced team. Every mistake you make is not forgiven, you pay for it. It was a classic playoff game where every possession counted and in the end we lost the game as we lost it in overtime“, he emphasized.
“Right now we have to regroup. We have shown as a team that we are tough as a team, we will look to play as well as we can to win and put the pressure on Barcelona. At the moment the pressure is on us but we feel we have the squad, the talent and the mentality to hit Thursday’s game and if we are luckier, because luck also plays a part, let’s go and win“, added the coach of Piraeus.
On the other hand, Mr Giannoulis Larentzakis he said: “In Tuesday’s game what happened… happened. It is done. We have a very crucial match ahead of us, we must definitely win. We have prepared, we are psychologically ready and we all want together, with the help of the people, to make it 2-2».
Source: Sport Fm
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