THE Panathinaikos won comfortably 94-82 Colossus with six two -digit scorers, remained undefeated at Stoiximan GBL and now turns to the Final Eight of the Greek Cup.
Speaking at the press conference, the “Greens” technician, Ergkin Atamanreferred to the 6-7 minutes of good basketball that was enough for his team to win, and also talked about Papapetro’s limited time and Brown, stressing that “I play every match for win, not to give a minute to the players”
In detail what Ergkin Ataman said:
“Our motivation was not what we needed and our tempo was slow. It is normal after Euroleague’s “devilish week” to have this motivation. We talked a lot in the locker room, we took it seriously in the third period, for 6-7 minutes we played our basketball and “cleaned” the game. We checked it 100% and We gave time to the bench so that the basics for the cup to rest Where we will play this week in Crete.
Lorenzo is one of the best point guard, he was one of the best guard last year. We have champions in “1” and “2”, Sluka, Grand and Nan. That is why in some games we did not find minutes to give him. Sometimes his motivation falls. For us It is safety to have an experienced player like him and is always ready when there is a problem. It will also be ready in Euroleague if needed. These are the minutes, these are the players. If we need him in the important ones he will be ready to give us his talent. No one disputes his talent.
For Papapetrou are the same as Brown. You have a competition between teams, but also within the teams. Who is better, who plays better in the minutes he has in each match, he gets more minutes. This year Huanzo and Osman play every match and every week improve. That’s why John has fewer minutes. When playing well in his minutes, like last year, he can take more minutes. I also play every match for the win, not to give the players minutes. Especially in the important matches I don’t want to make a big rotisson. This is the NBA system. I choose 6-7 players before the match and try to give more minutes to them“
Source: Sport Fm
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