Ataman: “We have to be smarter and more disciplined against Barcelona”

Statements ahead of Panathinaikos AKTOR’s home match against Barcelona did the Ergin Atamanwho, in addition to what he said about Ioannis Papapetrou, referred to the situation of Kendrick Nunn, while stressing that his team must be smarter and more disciplined, compared to how they performed against Monaco.

In detail what the coach of Panathinaikos said:



On Nan’s condition: “Nan trained today. He had a health problem, but it is not serious. He is a bit weak, but he wanted to train and he will be on the court tomorrow. He may not be 100%, but we will use him”.

For the key points of the match and the defense: “It’s not only important to be aggressive, you also have to play good defense, better racket defense. Now with Barcelona and Pander being a great shooter, we have to keep an eye on him, as well as Jabari Parker and Ian Vesely. They are a good team. In addition to defense, attack is also important for me, because with Monaco we didn’t lose because of defense, but because of the mistakes we made in attack, especially in the last period. We have to be smarter and more disciplined in every period of the match”.

For the fact that in the last matches Panathinaikos concedes many points in the first halves: “We are an attacking team and we try to run a lot. It is obvious that the score will be higher in our games”.

For Barcelona’s absences: “Sometimes it’s an advantage to have fewer players, so I’m not concerned about who plays and who doesn’t. For me, the important thing is to see which players will be on the court tomorrow and plan my strategy for them. Sometimes five players are enough to play good basketball”.

For the players he will have available: “We will play as in the championship match (with Marousi), with the same players”.