THE Si Jay Brace He was the most valuable player in AEK’s victory over Nader in victory with 76-69which gave a 1-0 lead in the “Union” in his playoffs Basketball Champions League. The American guard/forward, who had 13 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 20 in the rating, told Sport-fm.gr Fucking with the atmosphere in the closed Ano Liosia and optimistic that his team can reach not only the qualification, but until the end of the route.
In detail what Si Jay Brace said at sport-fm.gr and Christos Robolis:
-Didn’t you have a great game, but the goal of 1-0 was achieved?
“We had to face a very good team. They had spying on our game, knew our strengths in the attack, and we had to go to other options. But we showed our experience and grew up as a team ».
-What does you say about your team’s metal the fact that you were back in the score with 10 and 8 points in the first half, but you managed to overturn the situation?
“It was something great for us. We had not experienced an opponent coming into our stadium so loudly this year. But our character shows the way we reacted and it all started with our defense. We know we can score in defense, but the stronger we are in the defense, the better we will be. “.
-Many say that you are the least selfish American player playing in Greece and showed it today. You were not only precious in defense, but you achieved some important points …
“I do what I can to win. They knew us well, we had to go to other solutions to boost our attack. I can put some shots on it too, I work on it constantly and I was able to go ahead for my team today. But again, our defense was key. We can score, but we had a very good team against us. And when we raised the tension in our defense we were able to win ».
-A comment on the world? It was AEK’s first match on the stadium to be based for five years that was almost sold out …
“It was a crazy atmosphere. We felt the intensity of the stand from warm -up. We were discussing it from the beginning of the season that we want to fill the stadium and I hope more and more people are coming and soon to have sold out ».
-You are unbeaten this year on this stadium. Have you realized that with two or three more wins here you can be BCL champions?
“Certainly. I believe we can do it. We have personalities in the locker room, we have the character as a group and we have the will. We want to do it and I think we have chances. I hope we do it and continue to work for this purpose. “.
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Source: Sport Fm
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