The belief that the Olympic this time he has more weapons to face Panathinaikos than in the SEF championship match, expressed George Bartzokas in view of the visit of Piraeus on Friday to OAKA for the Euroleague.
“I think there are a number of players who are more ready to compete and in terms of fitness, and since the last game we have plus two guards, McKissick and Goss. This can help us in the speed of the game, in our execution defensively and offensively and our plan has more variety and of course we need to play with much more intensity compared to the previous game, where we were basically reacting and not acting. Panathinaikos is an excellent team, at the moment in good shape with the victories they have had, with a lot of talent in attack, with three players in creation and execution together as they played in the last matches. It will be interesting how we respond to this difficult environment for us“, he emphasized.
“Our last training sessions were very good, with intensity, competitiveness and a very good mood from the players. That’s the process, you have to work. Progress has been seen with Real and Barcelona and it will be seen afterwards that we are in a process of continuous improvement“, he added.
On how he will deal with the three guards of Panathinaikos, he said:Maybe we’ll see some shapes that fit better. It has to do with the fact that we have the tall guys in better shape and two more guards. We will try to match what we encountered, and then maybe we did not have the opportunity to do so».
Source: Sport Fm
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