Bartzokas: «We did not deserve to win» (vid)

The poor defense played during the first half of the game was decisive in terms of the result of the game against Zenit, according to the Olympiacos’ coach, Giorgos Bartzokas.

“Congratulations to Zenit for the performance and the win”, the ‘reds’ coach stated. “We performed poorly, especially when defending in the first half. We improved our defense in the third quarter, when our opponents scored only nine points, but we needed much more to win this game. We needed more defensive rebounds, better ball movement, better open shots percentages. So, in the end, we did not deserve to win, despite being a close game and we remained close to the score. It was many times we had to take the next step and lead the score, because we were controlling the game, and I’m talking about the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth, we made some no sense decisions offense wise, we approached defense not right in certain cases and gave Zenit once again the opportunity and find confidence and win the game”.