Bartzokas: «It was a must-win game for us» (vid)

In the post-game that followed the win over Virtus at the SEF, Giorgos Bartzokas analyzed the game against the Italians, which, he stressed, was a must-win and noted that at the given moment what Olympiacos needs is good psychology.

"We returned to winning, following 2 losses against Paris and Crvena Zvezda. This was a must-win game for us, against a difficult opponent, because they are very experienced and right now they are in a good place and of course, they don't have the same pressure as we do when we play. They played a good second quarter when we were really bad at the same time. I think we lost it by 15. We returned to our principals in the third quarter, defended better. We were not rushing to score, we tried to pass the ball and got to win a crucial game for us. We are at a time when psychology and winning are very important. There are a lot of players who have come back from their injuries. For instance, Fall played tonight with only one practice session behind him and Milutinov on the other hand has played many more back to back games. From that perspective, it's always important to win. All the best to Virtus, we are focusing on the game against Alba, we want the win to close the first round ranking as high as possible".

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