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With Bourgeois To … explode in the 4th period and score 17 points, Olympiacos bent Maccabi 99-93 and celebrated with his world the first place in the Euroleague.

After the clash, the George Bardzokas He talked about the press conference on a variety of issues as he commented on what the top of his team means, the performance of the Mouzes Wright and Alec Petersbut also the continuation of the season.

At the same time, he was asked about what the Olympic To reach this time until the end of the road, and referred to the factor of “fortune”, stressing that it was decisive in defeats of “reds” in finals, as with the Bandalona in 1994 or the Real Madrid in 2023.

In detail what he said:

“Today we have ended a very difficult normal Euroleague period. We finished in the first place, which is remarkable. Having so many players seeing either from the bench, from the stands, or from the hospital. I appreciate the efforts of the players and of course the coaches, physiotherapists, doctors, have contributed to the result. I would also like to thank the fans, they were very supportive all season.

Especially I do not consider anything for granted. Some media, social media, think that ending in the first place is easy. Is not. I would like to make a statement in Greek. Today my coach, Vangelis Nikitopoulos, legend of AEK and Sporting, passed away, I wanted to say goodbye to him here. A man I loved much. ‘I wanted to dedicate this course to his memory. “

For Wright: “Imagine it was 4 months out and had to take 5 minutes in the first two games, based on the medical plan. If we were told that we would play such important games without Fal and Milutinov and without our basic creators, I would like to say that everyone is doing a great job, but mainly the administration, which enabled us to have a deep roster so that we are not more injured.

For what it takes from now on for the top: “We have to go with the philosophy we are so far, that in order to reach the top of Europe we have to move on to the playoffs a very strong team, whatever it is. I would like to stay as healthier as we are waiting for the rest of the players to come in.

It’s close to getting in, I don’t know how many will have, I hope as many as they were out. To do 10 days of good training. We still have a game with Panionios. We show that when we play together we score a lot. We lagged in rebounds, we had five less. It is left to come back. Milutinov and Fal are very good rebounder. I’m sure the team has a character. We made 11 home wins, a record in the club’s history. I’m very happy. “

Whether there was in his male at Small Ball at the beginning of the season and Peters: “At the beginning of the year there was no one in my mournful, we had three pinges. In my mind was to go to ‘3’ Alek. I would like to say that today Goku had 13 assists, he understood exactly what the game was. He has lifted a lot of weight with the absence of Wokap and Vildosa. ”

On the fact that he does not know an opponent because of the play-in: “It’s an event. There is no one who claims that it was not a good regulation. You see the battle is done to get into the playoffs. There is no indifferent match. The Euroleague is an event that everyone wants to be in. They will be difficult because they will play with the first team in Europe and with a disadvantage. “

For Peters’ spiritual characteristics: “Because he is a human being affected not all is perfect. It is not easy for a player to accept that there are games that got less minutes of participation than what he deserved to have. The point for each such player is to understand which team they are. If you want to chase titles, chase a Final Four, you should never make some concessions inside you. But he is always ready, because there is no day since he came to our team, who came to the pitch and wanted to steal in effort, in disposition, in intensity. That’s why he is ready to play every time. “

For the item to change in the final if it arrives, to get the trophy: “Bad lies everyone thinks about what better he could do. In ’94 we lost with the shot of Cornelius Thompson, then we lost two years ago with Yul’s shot. A shot you see who got up in front of him, what height threw the ball and went in.

Even last year when very important players left the team and we didn’t have time to do a rebuilding we needed, our team was in the Final Four. He lost to Real, passed through the fifth game with Barcelona that had never been done before. So after it happened last year why not happen this year? A delivery break by Olympiacos. I wish we could, we want a little luck, we will see. “