Ataman: “I’m not so pleased with our latest games – goal to see Lesor ready in the playoffs”

A few hours after the Great overthrow over Maccabi Tel Aviv In Belgrade, the Panathinaikos He returned to Greece and immediately got a job for tomorrow’s crucial home game against Paris as part of his 32nd Euroleague match.

Speaking to the club’s media day, the “Greens” technician, Ergkin Atamanstood at fatigue The team, however, should not be an excuse, and also referred to the characteristics of the French game.

Finally, regarding the state of Matthias Lesorsaid that everyone in the team is to return to the competition’s playoffs ready.

In detail what Ergkin Ataman said:



To overthrow Maccabi Tel Aviv and whether his players are tired, due to absences: “First of all, we got a major victory. As I had said before the game, Maccabi had four consecutive wins, having won strong teams, such as Monaco. We came back from -15 and won, that was very important to us. The reality is that we lack a lot of important players, but the most important in the regular season finale is to find a way to win. We recognize our mistakes. Of course, we do not have time to work. We arrived at 05:00 in Athens and we are tired, for sure. Tomorrow we have another pivotal game. We concentrate on it. ”

For the returns of Panathinaikos from two -digit differences and whether it is concerned: “So is basketball sometimes. Sometimes you are ahead with 10 or 15 points and the opponent returns. The game takes 40 minutes. It is important to be fresh until the end of the race to continue to fight. Of course, in the last matches I am not so pleased with basketball we play. But I hope we will change that. “

For Friday’s Paris and game (28/3): “Paris plays her basketball. Now everyone has understood how it plays. She runs the stadium, she’s looking for the transition, it doesn’t matter if she will shoot after the first pass. Many times, in 90% of their possessions, they shoot after the first pass. Therefore, we must be concentrated and fight to get the victory. It’s a very important game for us. We know that Paris comes from a bad defeat with Fenerbahce at the buzzer. Our opponents had one more relaxing day, but we have no excuses. Tomorrow we want to have a very warm atmosphere, to win and get the home advantage, to have our … bag of the playoffs in our … bag. “

For the recovery of Matthias Lesor and how his gap has been filled: “Matthias is a huge absence for us, we miss every game. But we understood how we can manage his absence so far with Gabriel and Mitoglou in “5”. We survived. We survived without our best center, Europe’s top center. I hope it will be ready in the playoffs. Our goal is to see him ready in the playoffs. We will see what happens. Now we are trying to find other ways in our system without Matthias. “

For the training of Omer Jurtseven – Gedi Osman and whether they will be available tomorrow: “We don’t play 5VS5 today, many players are tired of yesterday’s match. But some play 3VS3 with contacts. Then we’ll see if we can use them or not. “