One week before the start of the official competitive duties and participation in the Super Cup of Rhodes, Olympiacos prevailed very hard with 95-90 against the combative Trapani Sarks in Italy and made it 5X5 in the pre-season friendlies.
After the match, George Bartzokas he pointed out that his team has a lot offensive talenthowever she needs to improve her defense if she wants to get wins and titles when the official matches start.
What he said in detail:
“It was an important match, the last match before the official Super Cup in Greece. Trapani gave us the opportunity to play against a team that played strongly in defense. We have to give them credit for that and coach Repesa.
It was important to match the motivation, the energy, the mood they showed in defense. From this perspective we did not succeed. Our defense was “poor”, we allowed 90 points, although they made some difficult baskets, but for our level we need to improve the defense.
We also have players at different levels of fitness and we all have to be on the same level because we are starting the official matches and we have to be ready.
We miss our two tall ones. Our game is more like playing face to face with the opponent. Milutinov is strong in our attack, Fal in our defense. Also out are McKissick and Evans.
We had many players coming back from injury and others who had obligations with their national teams. As I said it is important to find a way to be on the same page. It is a given that we have attacking talent and today we scored 95 points, but I believe that defense gives wins and cups. We have to improve.”
Source: Sport Fm
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