Improvement is demanded in specific pieces such as rebounds and transition, for the National teamas his partner Vassilis Spanoulis, Diamantis Panagiotopoulos, pointed out after Friday’s training, in the wake of victory over Italy at his premiere Eurobasket.
“We face all games with the same seriousness. We try to improve game games and combine improvement with victory. This characterizes a good team. This is not about the opponent, many times the opponent is within you and what we need to do is try to become better. We will give it 100% to get the result we want and the coach with Staf will decide, because we have a game early on Sunday. The goal is to improve on some things we did wrong in the premiere with Italy“, He also stressed in view of Saturday’s fight with Cyprus (18:15).
“We need to fix things like running more in Fast Break. Our defensive dedication was at a very high level, we have to translate it into some easy baskets, which will create another dynamic throughout the team. It is something we have targeted. To do this beyond the defense you need rebounds, you need a regular dedication we had yesterday, many things we put down day by day, we see them in the video, because there is no training time to become better“, He added.
For the convenience with which John Antetokounbos scored 31 points he said: “We all know the quality of Yannis Antetokounbos, maybe he is the best player in the world. Depending on what the opposing defense gives you, you can automatically create the situations it needs. Other groups may give help, others not, are depending on the tactics they follow. The point is to have the plan and be flexible, beyond what you have prepared to create the right conditions to have the best choices”
Referring to the problem of the 13 fewer occupations from Italy, he said: ‘The possessions may have been difference, but they were more than mistakes than rebounds. The 12 lost rebounds are a big number, not allowed for a team that wants to do something more in the event. We have focused there, the kids yesterday gave 1,000%, but many times it has to do with the defense you play, whether to play with changes or not. The opponent also plays, and the other has some quality. The kids were great yesterday, participants in the effort and I believe we will improve in this piece”
The goal of the Greek team is to reduce its bad intervals in the matches. “What matters is to improve. Good teams are the ones that improve during the tournament, because they are a big tournament, almost 20 days. If yesterday we played 20-25 minutes well, we want in the next match to be 28, in the next 30 and knockout to be close to 40 minutes“, He said.
Finally, he also referred to the particularity of the struggle with Cyprus. “It is a blessing for all groups involved. We lived a very warm atmosphere yesterday, it’s very important. We all feel a pride when we represent Greece, let alone tomorrow we will face Cyprus in quotes. It is a great opportunity for the Cypriots and Greek fans to make this game a celebration and at the end of the match to be all together“
Source: Sport Fm
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