THE George Bartzokaswhich was furious with the behavior of some of his followers PAOKboth for the constant abusive chants and the suffocating atmosphere in the “PAOK Sports Arena” due to the smoke, spoke at the press conference after comfortable win of Olympiakou in Thessaloniki and referred to his injury Sasha Vezenkovbut also in the problem with him Tyler Dorsey.
Vezenkov, we remind you, played only in the first half, but managed to get out top scorer of the match with 20 pointswith 16 hits in the first period! After a push, however, towards the end of the 2nd quarter, he preferred to play it safe and went to the locker room, returning at the start of the 2nd half and watching the rest of the game from the bench.
At the press conference, Bartzokas said about the injury problems and the fact that Milutinov did not play:Vezenkov injured the big toe of his left foot and will go for an MRI and that’s why he didn’t play more. Dorsey is definitely not playing on Thursday (vs. Baskonia). He has tendinitis in his hip and needs some time to recover. Fournier had a lower back strain, will undergo treatment and will return to practice on Tuesday. Mitrou-Long has tendonitis in his foot, he could play, but we preferred not to risk it. And Milutinov didn’t play so that our other two tall players could get playing time».
About the game, moreover, he said: “Congratulations to my players. We were serious, with the exception of 2-3 players at the end when the difference went to 40 points, as they thought they should stop playing, the way we play. I have no complaints from my players though, we shared 29 assists and executed as well as we could in attack and defence. I wish PAOK the best of luck in Greece and in Europe».
Source: Sport Fm
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