Messina: “Panathinaikos showed character”

Details of what he said in the press conference after the double in OAKA:



“I think after the bad start we were better in the 2nd and 3rd quarter. It is not easy to play here, especially since Panathinaikos lost three days ago and definitely wanted to show its character. He did that. In the 4th period we had a lead of 10 points, but we made things complicated. We stopped moving the ball properly, made mistakes and were saved by the big offensive rebound of Kyle Hines. Congratulations to my team, it is never easy to win away from home. I do not know if we are already in the playoffs, but we are close. That was our main goal at the beginning of the season. I wish good luck to Panathinaikos, its coach and its players “.

For the Euroleague proposal for the change in the scoring criteria without the Russian teams: “Honestly, I read the proposal quickly in the afternoon, before we came to the match. I have no idea what should be done. Theoretically, we have to respect that some teams have given important matches. I want to gather more information to comment on the proposal. Certainly, it is good that the league finally thought of keeping its integrity as long as possible, regardless of who plays and who does not. I want to think a little better about the details of the proposal and understand them better. “

For the pros and cons he keeps from the match: “Our start was very bad. The same thing happened in the last minutes. But, for 30 minutes in between, I think we were good. We scored, we played defense, we found points in the transition. In the beginning and in the end we were in a hurry. This is not good. We also had 21 assists, which is a large number and we collected more rebounds, while Panathinaikos has size. Our percentage in the shots hurt us. We got free kicks and lost them. This is part of the game. “But 21 assists away from home is an achievement.”

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