«It was a very good win»
Olympiacos won their 3rd back to back game, this time in Berlina against Alba and Giorgos Bartzokas congratulated everyone involved.
“I would like to congratulate my players. We got a win I really appreciate tonight”, was what the ‘reds’ coach had to say before adding: “It’s always a challenge when you play against an Aito Reneses team. You have to be consistent and focused for forty minutes. Alba is a team that plays up tempo and you need to control some important elements. First of all, you need to control the threes and we did that. We did not allow their great shooters get into rhythm and they scored with less than 30% in that category. We also controlled the rebounds. We had eight more and that was very important in terms of winning. At the end, we missed free throws, turned the ball over, but still got the win. Again, congratulation to my players. It was a very good win. Good luck to Alba”.
On his part, the great protagonist, Sasha Vezenkov, pointed out: “We played good defense. Of course, we could have played better. We controlled the game. Eighty points may seem a lot, but they aren’t because Alba is a very aggressive team. We played as were supposed to in order to get a significant win”.
Finally, Kostas Sloukas commented: “We beat a serious team and of course, wins like that give you confidence to look ahead. We have a final ahead of us against Fenerbahce and we want to pull through”.