«We lost our own game»

Our coach, Giorgos Bartzokas commented on the great chance Olympiacos has had to lead the series 2-0, but also on the many problems our team had to face.

“Congratulations to Panathinaikos for the win. They evened the series. We must see what we did not do right tonight and assess the situation. Right now we have some issues. Unfortunately, Black cannot play because he’s not healthy. Sloukas wasn’t here, Vezenkov got hurt and we are going to know what’s the deal with his injury in a little while, Walkup got ejected. The only play-maker we had, left the game with an unsportsmanlike foul and a technical foul for flopping. I really wonder how all of that were called… In any case, we lost our own game, the way the game evolved. We took the game to few possessions right there at the end, just like we were supposed to, but we made mistakes on both ends of the floor. Panathinaikos made two big shots, got an offensive board with Mantzoukas, a tip-in. We had the chance to win the game at the end. We still couldn’t do it. I think we are going to learn from this game, we are going to be ready for the next one”.