THE Nan He should be calm and play as he knows in order to counter the defensive tactic of Anadolu Efes, as Ergkin Ataman pointed out on his departure of his mission. Panathinaic; Matthias Lesorfor Constantinople.
With score in a row at 1-1 After the Break on Thursday by the Turks at the OAKA, the Greens will seek at least one victory, either on Wednesday or Friday (20:45), and need to return the top scorer in the Euroleague to its usual standards.
“All season, all teams try to stop Nan. I don’t think there is a special tactic to stop him. If he feels good, he can do his game, score and win the game. That is, Spanoulis or Messina did not have a tactic against him and put 30 points and scoring points? Everyone has a tactic against Nan, but when he is on a good day he can score terrible points. He is a scorer, he must be fresh and calm and make his game. What I’m going to say to my player is not thinking so much the tactic and make his game“, The Turkish coach emphasized.
As for the game, he said: ‘There is a good balance in both groups. Efes is a good team, but especially in the second game we lost we played much better. We lost the game from our own mistakes, from some other mistakes. Incredible things happen. We saw it. It doesn’t matter if we play inside or away. We saw that everything is fair, everything is right and no one gives another home advantage. We are going to fight to win both games. It is a difficult game both games in Greece were difficult. We won the first game that maybe Efes deserved the win, we lost the second we might deserve to win and left the game. In the last 30 seconds they were ahead with 3 points and won. Now we go there to win and it’s important to play well, because Efes is playing well”
On the fact that he returns to a familiar environment, he underlined: ‘It’s different. We are professional and we are all fighting to win the game. A month ago I was saying that Efes is the only team I didn’t want in the playoffs. Not because we are friends, but because they are a good team and they have experienced players in such games as Larkin, Bryant the Poarier. We play in the city but it doesn’t matter where we play. We have won hard games difficult. We want to win the first game there, that’s what we think about”
Finally, referring to the atmosphere he is waiting for, he stressed: ‘It will be an excellent atmosphere, all teams will want to make the best atmosphere. The show is good, maybe we have the best fans for it, but that doesn’t affect the result. The world of Efes is the most just in Europe. It will be a good atmosphere, if Efes comes here with 20,000 people and manages to win, the referees come here and whistle without pressure and influence from the seat will be right. We don’t expect any help from anyone, we want everyone to be right and we will fight for the win”
@SPORFM946 Ergkin Ataman’s statements about Cereic Nan, before the match between Panathinaikos Aktor with Anadolu Efes. #Sporfm #panathinaikosbc #ataman #kendricknunn #fyp; original sound – SPORFM946
Source: Sport Fm
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