Ataman: “Efes is a great team, we must continue to fight”

Panathinaikos celebrated the 81-77 victory at Efes headquarters, responding with a break in his opponent’s break and taking back the lead in the Euroleague playoffs!

After the end of the match and during the press conference, the Ergkin Ataman He stood how his team fought to finally get the win, “knit the praise” of Nan, Mitoglou, while describing Efes as a great team and made it clear that his players had to remain completely focused to qualify for Final 4!

In detail what the Panathinaikos coach said:



“I think it was once again a great game. In the first part, especially in the second quarter we played better defense. We gained confidence. In the third quarter we played in the same way. Efes played more aggressively for Nan. We checked the game until the fourth quarter, which looked like that in Athens, where Efes won. Efes started to push, we started making mistakes, we gave them aggressive rebounds. In the end we found Nan and then won. It’s just 2-1, the series goes on, Efes is a great team, we will continue to fight to beat another game. “.

For his statement to Game 1 that Mitoglou should give more, by putting Huanzo as an example: “Now I can say that Huanzo has to do step up. Today he finished the match with 0 points, but he fought a lot. They played very aggressively for Nan, so we had to find a shot from other players. Today Mitoglou put on these shots. We lost a shot with Sloukas and Grand. Mitoglou did his job well. “.

For Nan: “He’s a great player, I think today he found the solution against aggressive defense. He released the ball very well, gave a lot of assists and attacked the basket at critical moments and scored 25 points ».

For what Panathinaikos should do to finish the series on Friday: “We have to fight, continue to play good defense. It won’t be easy. 2-1 is a small lead for us ».