Milutinov: “We have played many times in the atmosphere of OAKA, let’s not let it affect us”

Olympiacos defeated AEK Betsson more difficult than the final 96-77 indicates at the ‘Sunel Arena’ and improved to 4-1 in the Stoiximan GBL, now turning their attention to the derby with Panathinaikos for the Euroleague (08/11, 21:15).

After the match, Nikola Milutinovwho had a terrific performance with 17 points and 16 rebounds, spoke about the elements that determined the positive result, but also about the matchup with the “clover” in the difficult, as he emphasized, atmosphere of OAKA.

In detail what he said:

For the victory over AEK: “It’s nice to win comfortably, but tonight’s match was not that easy. At half time we were +4, we didn’t play well in the second period. In the second half we took steps forward and got a great result. It wasn’t just our racquet game, everyone played well.

We made mistakes but we were solid after the two big wins we had this week. We have to keep improving. We knew we played badly in the league derby against Panathinaikos, we wanted energy and aggression. We did that in the previous two games, we got the offensive rebounds, we fought. These little things add up to big results.”

For the upcoming derby with Panathinaikos: “It will be a tough match against Panathinaikos, who are playing really well. You saw that he did not give up with Red Star, they are a quality team. It will be difficult, we have to play better to try to continue our streak. The atmosphere will be noisy, it will be difficult, but all of us have experienced it enough, we have played many times in this atmosphere. We must not let it affect us, we must be focused.”