Ataman: “With the season we’ve had, we deserve to be in the Final Four”

His opinion that the Panathinaikos AKTOR deserves a Final Four ticket, based on the year he’s had, expressed o Ergin Ataman.

In his statements ahead of Game 5 with the Maccabi (7/5, 21:15), the “green” coach referred to the fact that Juancho Hernangomet will be availablewhile adding that it will be important for all players to give their best performance.

In detail, what Ergin Ataman mentioned:

For Game 5: “It was a very good series, now we have home advantage once again with the big win in Belgrade. We won a lot of big games this year in OAKA. Maccabi is also a very big team and we will play at 100% to win the game».

About Maccabi’s absences: “I always talk about my team and not the opponent. We will see which players will be on the floor and play our game. It is not important for me to know which of the opponents will play or not».

About Juancho Hernangomet: “Juancho will be on the court tomorrow».

To improve the team: “Of course we have to improve and not repeat the mistakes of the previous races, but honestly I don’t want to change my whole tactics».

For Ioannis Papapetrou: “In every match we have players with character. Some players play well, some at a lower performance than usual. Tomorrow it will be important to get the best performance from all our players».

On Maccabi’s productivity: “This is the reality, Maccabi is a very attacking team that scores a lot. I’m not thinking of limiting Maccabi to a certain number of points. I just want us to score more than them».

Regarding the possibility of Panathinaikos returning to the Final Four after 12 years: “Tomorrow will be a tough game. I think from the whole season we deserve to be in this position, we played good basketball and finished in second place, which is a great success for Panathinaikos. But we want more».