Bartzokas: «We must restart»

Olympiacos was far removed from their standards and was defeated in Vitoria.

"Congratualtions to Vitoria and to Dusko Ivanovic for this incredible record. I wish him he reaches 1000 games and even more than that", was the initial comment made by the 'red & whites" coach, Giorgos Bartzokas. "As for the game, it was a disappointing performance by my team, especially in the third quarter. Even during the first half, when we had many opportunities and were even leading by 5, we missed lay-ups and made a lot of turnovers. We made 9 turnovers in the first half and continued the same way into the second one, giving Baskonia a lot of condidence to shoot the ball and finally clearly win every challenged one. We clearly need to start over and think about our toughness, both mentally and physically. I will find the players to do that. We have had a wrong approach. Most of the players played below their standards. I was trying to find the ones to understand the spirit of the game, who were ready to execute our plan. Some times I would do it based on instinct, some times based on planning, but I wasn't able to find many players in a good shape to do just that".