Real Madrid said goodbye this Thursday to the Euroleague. White fell at home against Olympiacos in the playoff fourth game after an exciting and tensioning encounter.
A good sample of this is the Crossing words that had Georgios Bartzokas and Usman Garubawho approached the Greek coach to recriminate his attitude.
Luckily, The incident was not older And the game was able to continue normally.
Already at a press conference, Bartzokas, considered that it was very important for them to control emotions. “I don’t have much to say about the game. It was a meeting full of intensity, tension, physicist. We knew it would be like that. They, as I said before the game, have talent and a lot of experience. For us it was very important to control our emotions. We had a lot of pressure, because we ended up first in the classification and we had the bad luck of facing one of the favorites to win the Euroleague, “he said.
“when you play against a team that knows how to get to the end and win titles, it is important to control everything. We had an advantage of 15 points, but in the end the game decided on a single play. Everything was against us, and I am very happy that we have not finally paid it, “he added at a press conference.
About the performance of the Bulgarian international Sasha Bezenkovstar of the team but that he barely played in the second quarter and did not put his first points until the third, said: “The game did not start well, it was a bit frustrated. It is evident that the pressure since it returned from the NBA is huge. Everyone talks about him. I needed a few minutes on the bench to understand how the game was going. We were very effective with Sasha on the bench, and then returned strongly for the second half. “
“We have a deep template, everyone is ready to fulfill their role. This goes from team basketball, collective effort. Of course, you need talent from time tokov and its personality. His triple was crucial when we won by four and the advantage rose to seven. But you have to give credit to all: in defense, in attack, bounce, plugging. It was a team effort. And that’s what I value most, “he added.
On the other hand, the Greek’s performance also highlighted Kostas Papanikolauvital in the final stretch of the confrontation with his success from the triple: “He is the team leader. He took a step forward in the third quarter to help us recover confidence“.
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