Huanzo: “We want to live last year’s emotion again – I always feel safe with Sloukas in my team”

Interview with Nova in view of Panathinaikos’ effort to go up for a second consecutive season at the top of Europe, the Huanzo Ernangometh.

The Spanish Forward of the “Greens” stressed that the details make the difference in the Final Four while dropping him Costa Slouka And he talked about how much he wants to relive the moments that he and his teammates lived after winning last year’s trophy!

In detail what he said:



About what he learned from last year’s Final Four: “In the Final Four everything is possible. Any team that is less afraid to win will win. It is the final phase, fortunately I have played many such games in my career, so anyone who wants it the most, who makes the above effort, the extra phase, will win. Two wins and you win the trophy ».

On whether there is the fear of victory: “There is. We usually discuss the fear of defeat. Many groups are afraid to win. When the match is closed and the other team plays as if it has nothing to lose, it’s dangerous. Last year in the final they put all the shots, we lost 15 in the half and stayed in our shot, united, we continued to fight. And so we won in the end. “.

For that phase with Larkin and whether such phases win the trophy: “The Final Four is judged in the small details. The plug is fine, everyone will discuss it, but there are many phases in a race. Of course, everyone will talk about the latest shooting, the last defense, but there are a thousand phases before it. The defense in the first period, a 3 -second phase for the shot that after the timeout you receive a lot of, many details in basketball. You have to be concentrated for 40 minutes, not to lose your self-centeredness when you receive 2-3 baskets, because basketball is a game of the series. Anyone who does the latter usually wins ».

For how much experience counts: “I think it counts significantly. Of course, we have Sloukas, the leader, the key player. When we lost the second game with Efes he talked to us, he told us that it is not easy to reach the Final Four, to be proud when we do it! It is not a given, there are many teams that do not succeed. Now we are there, he has lived it again, he knows what is needed to win it and I feel safe with Sloukas in my team. In every final I want Slouka in my team ».

For Fener and Haze-Davis: “It’s a great team with an excellent coach. They probably prepare 24 hours a day. Great players, but if you want to win the Euroleague, you have to win the big teams. We will face Fener as if it were the final and we will try to win them. It’s not easy to win a team three times in a row, they know it too. Hais-Davis can do everything, it’s like Vezenkov. I think Power Forwards in the Euroleague are very high. It’s a difficult mission every time. Very good player, especially complex, has greatly improved his shot, he is very dangerous. “.

As to whether the champion may be as hungry: “It is true that you cannot be as hungry. But at the same time, last year, when we won the Final Four and got on the bus and came to the OAKA among all these fans, I was telling Grand that we must remember this feeling, so we want to live it again. It’s special. Now that I tell you, I’m shaking. We work all year for this feeling. So we want it again ».