Nan: “All week I told the kids that the defense wins the titles and we managed to go to … Dubai”

In detail what he said in “Club 1908”:

– You’ve won the championship, Euroleague and now another trophy has been on the list of achievements.

‘Yes, yes. It is a legacy of the children we have in the locker room. You work hard, you consider your neighbor as a person. Every day we work to become 1% better. That’s what we do! We have winners in the locker room, so we take a step forward the big moments”

– The whole game was a roller coaster. Olympiacos was ahead with a small lead, then you. What was going through your mind in the forty minutes of the race?

‘I know basketball is a game of series. We would do some series, they would do too. The momentum goes on both sides. The question is who will do the last blow. This is what we did in the last period. In the last minute, in the last thirty seconds. We did it and got the win”

– Everyone is talking about the attack on Panathinaikos Aktor since the beginning of the season, but it was the defense that brought you to the top in the final seconds. Is this the biggest advantage of the team in the end? The harsh defense in the finale?

‘We have a terrible attack, as we know. All week, I told the kids that you know what’s winning the titles: Defense. To play hard defense, get defenses and then let the game come to your attack and be aggressive. That’s what we did. And we managed them”

– In the last period you had your “explosion”. You also had a terrible nail, a phase reminiscent of something from the nail to the final with Real Madrid, right?

‘It was from the left corridor, an explosive nail. We played picnics with “4”. Huanzo opened out, I hesitated a bit, but both were left behind so I got the treadmill and I was explosive”

– One last question, why before the start of the Greek Cup we asked a question to Panathinaikos’ friends: if they prefer the teddy bears or the Afana and we saw that you were playing with the Afana. Maybe you keep it like the last game of the season?

‘There will be times when I will do them again (ed: the teddy bears). But I definitely love to have the Afana. I feel natural. I feel in a different situation to be honest. I also love teddy bears. I like the lukewarm look and I also have a ribbon I want to wear, but you will definitely see other games in the season with the hopping”

– You have five days off, as the coach said. Where are you going to this five days?

‘I think my family and my family will vacation in Dubai. This is what we did last year, at the same time and that will do again”

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– Panathinaikos BC (@paobcgr) February 17, 2025