Panathinaikos AKTOR paid once again for the same mistakes! The “greens” were competitive at times in Madrid, however, the “unnerved” defense combined with the many missed rebounds and the very bad start allowed Real to take the victory with a score of 90-86, forcing his team Ergin Ataman in a second straight defeat and falling to 2-2.
Ergin Ataman’s assistant, Christos Serelisstood like the Turkish coach on the very soft defense played by the “clover”, stressing that from now on the team must… get angry. At the same time, he said that the victory against Fenerbahcehis next opponent Panathinaikou in Euroleagueconstitutes an imperative.
What Serelis said in detail:
“It was purely a matter of lack of toughness. We let Real score easy baskets, while we tired ourselves to score. We didn’t create our own phases, Real played very good defense on our pick n rolls in Lessor and we ended up playing too much one-on-one, we might have scored a lot of baskets that way, but we can’t do it all the time.
We lacked mental concentration in defense. We could make some fouls to stop surprises and control the tempo. We didn’t think about them even when we came back we didn’t trouble them».
For the match against Fenerbahce, Serelis emphasized: “We have to win, three consecutive defeats is a lot. Mental preparation is more important. We have to … get angry and not let so many things happen on our defense».
Source: Sport Fm
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