His view of Panathinaikos’ Euroleague presence this year, the difficulties faced by the team, the series with Efes, the injury to Lesor, and the semifinals with Fenerbahce filed the Ergkin Ataman In an interview with Eurohoops.
The clover coach in everything that has to do with the match with Feenner emphasized that as Sarah Yasikevicius so he knows the Turkish team very wellhe pointed out that who will win is a purely issue of day in which each team will be found and pointed out that he will deal with Fenerbahce after the games with Prometheus.
For this year’s Panathinaikos season in the Euroleague:
“We had a similar regular season compared to last year. We started with some hesitation. We lost some games at the beginning, but as the season, rhythm and playing style went on to get more adjustable and reached their climax in the middle of the season. About 7-8 weeks we could not use Lesor for four months.
Lesort has undoubtedly been Euroleague’s best center in recent years. Of course, we had to adjust our system without him available. We completed a very clever transcript there: Gabriel. We added a player who could adjust to the team and mainly add defense, resistance and dynamism to the team. We did not choose a player who will disturb our play style. We also benefited a lot from him.
Constantine Mitoglou was not very good until the middle of the season. Unlike last year, Erngomet was preceded by Mitoglou in position 4. But this time, Mitoglou took position 5 and started playing well there. As a result, we began to open the defenses more clearly this time. Because Nan is the top scorer of Euroleague and started to be … double and … triple.
There, however, we started to create space by opening up space for Mitoglou and things started to go well. As a result, we finished the season where we wanted, in third place. Then, of course, the playoffs were very difficult. I knew that Anadolu Efes’ series would be very difficult. Because Efes got into the playoffs winning eight consecutive games and two of them were probably the most difficult away games of Euroleague. They won the away games with the Red Star and Partizan. They were very big games won in front of a fanatical audience of 20-25 thousand people.
If they had lost at least one of these games, they would lose the playoffs. Of course, Larkin is a very important factor here. Anadolu Efes’ performance depends very much on Larkin’s performance. Because Larkin is an excellent player. When Larkin plays well, he makes the team go two or three steps up.
I also know that Larkin would play well at these times (laughs). I have this experience as a result of the five years I spent with him. It was a very difficult series in this respect. We missed the second game here after we went through the whole game in the last occupation. There was nothing left to do. We lost all our advantage, but I think the main game of the series was the third game.
We played very well there in the third game and turned the turn back in our favor. It was a very difficult series for us, but of course we managed to get to the Final Four, which was our goal. “
-Where do you think the matches with Efes were judged?
“I think we have more experienced players to play these games than them. Yes, of course, there are experienced players in Anadolu Efes. Especially Larkin, Bryant and Poarier. Poirier is a player who won the Euroleague championship and played 20 minutes in the team.
But I think Kostas Sloukas’ leadership played a decisive role, his confidence when he entered the game and Centie Osman in particular. Because when both teams stopped their scorers, Cedi Osman went up and made the difference there. In my opinion, Osman was the main player for us. “
-For how he managed the space after the games with Efes …
“We are going through such a busy period that you tend to dream,” what will happen if this series is over to erase and relax a little “…
But there are realities of life. We could only take a two -day break. Because the semifinals of the Greek league started. I went to Constantinople to visit my mother in those two days. Because I was locked up at the hotel during the Efes series and I was not able to visit my mother, none of my family, I could even talk to most of them on the phone. I closed all my phones.
I specifically closed my Turkish phone because of friends, journalists and this tension … I went to Constantinople immediately after the end of the series and visited my mother. ”
-What is his opinion on Fenerbahce’s course this season?
Fenerbahce had a good season. Especially in the second half, after Eric McColum entered the team, their power in the attack increased and they started playing smarter. They also had severe long -term injuries. They used very different players in position five. Sarah went with Sanly, honey, berch. There is also Mango, a recent addition.
Hais-Davis is also there as usual. Marco Guduric is always an important player. The hall helps. Baldwin was not there for a while, but he adapted to the team later. Fenerbahce is a good team. They also had a fixed season, but as I said, after such a long marathon, they finished the regular season second with a win over us and we won Fenerbahce in both Regular Season games. Both in Constantinople and Athens.
However, in a Final Four game, the semifinals are only exclusion. It will definitely be difficult. In other words, both teams know very well. Saras knows our team well, I Fenerbahce. I think the performance on that particular day and who will play well in this game will be very important. “
-For Lesor’s participation in the semifinals and what game is waiting for Fener?
“It’s too early to answer this question. I have recently watched Fenerbahce as a viewer in the playoffs or major Euroleague matches while eating at home or watching Euroleague matches with my son at work. I have never watched Fenerbahce.
I will start analyzing Fenerbahce, especially as soon as the semifinals of the Greek league are over. Fenerbahce is a good team. They play well. They play very well at times. But I remember ups and downs during the game. We will take our precautions in this respect.
They will definitely be careful. We had a 23 -point lead at the OAKA in the 5th playoff game and then we were only four points. Both teams may have ups and downs during the game. We will make a strategic plan accordingly. “
Source: Sport Fm
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