Ataman: “We played very smart in the last minutes – I don’t care about the rotation, but how we play”

Despite the absences and early foul problems, spirited Panathinaikos gave it their all against Virtus and left Bologna with their fourth double this season Euroleague (82-77).

After the end of the match, the coach of the “greens”, Ergin Ataman, described the victory as important because of the combativeness of the Italians, stressing that in the final his players played smartly and got the victory.

At the same time, he also referred to rotationstressing that he doesn’t care about that at all, but that the players who are on the court perform.

Ergin Ataman’s statements in detail:



For the win over Virtus Bologna: “It’s a great win for us and both teams were tough, ran and fought hard. The atmosphere was amazing. We had many chances to take a good lead but Bologna never gave up. In the end we got the rebounds and the victory. We played a lot smarter in the last few minutes and once we got an important win. Maybe this game wasn’t amazing for us, but both teams were fighters.”

For the rotation in the match against Virtus: “I don’t care about the rotation. I’m interested in the players who are in the best condition at the time. The important thing is how we play in the match. I won’t make any changes to the rotation, if I put a player in and he doesn’t give us what we need, I’ll take him out. Sometimes we can play with six players, sometimes with ten. We finished the double week with two victories, very difficult, but very important.”