Olympiacos presented itself more ready than Panathinaikos AKTOR in the first final of this year’s Stoiximan Basket League, winning 89-84, making the break and at the same time the first step towards winning the title.
After the end of the derby at OAKA, o Shaquille McKissick praised Milutinov and Walkup, revealed that the atmosphere in the Red and White locker room was very calm, while stressing that his team’s goal is to end the finals streak in three games.
In detail what he said:
On Fal’s absence: “Of course losing someone like Fal is difficult. He is somewhat irreplaceable and we had to rely much more on Milutinov, who had to play a lot of minutes to be more physical. He did the step-up and helped us a lot. We won this game, but there are still many matches.”.
For always playing well when facing Panathinaikos: “I don’t know, when I came out of the tunnel, I saw a lot of people holding 77 in the crowd (i.e. his jersey number).”.
For the MVP of the match: “For me; It’s a difficult question. It must be Walkup, Milutinov who really did the step-up. Thomas came out with a certain energy and everyone followed suit. Milutinf did all this on the floor. He had so many rebounds, he had eight in the half. crazy number”.
For the next match at SEF: “It’s always fun to play in front of your fans. I think it’s going to be a crazy atmosphere and that’s what I’m looking forward to.”.
On the atmosphere in the locker room after the win: “The atmosphere in the locker room was, to everyone’s surprise, very calm. We understand that it will be a long series. We got home advantage and we’re going home with it. The goal is to finish it in the third game. We don’t want to give back the home advantage under any circumstances”.
Source: Sport Fm
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