Ataman: ”I'm Satisfied With My Team's Game...”

After defeating Frutti Extra Bursaspor 82-63 in the 19th week of the Türkiye Sigorta Basketball Super League, Anadolu Efes head coach Ergin Ataman shared his views as follows:

"We are in a busy EuroLeague period, we play consecutive matches, but of course, this match was also important to us. Frutti Extra Bursaspor is a serious rival in the league and we lost the match in Bursa. We prepared a different defense for this match because Bursaspor played very fast and especially Auguste. We saw that the team played the doubles games very well. For this, we practiced the field defense yesterday. We practiced it well. We only worked on the field defense for half an hour yesterday. We stopped the doubles games. We played well in the offense from time to time. Especially our five players who started the match gave a very good performance. At the moment, the team's situation is good and promising. We are entering a very difficult week, we will play a doubles week in the EuroLeague for two consecutive weeks. Red Star in Belgrade on Wednesday, then Maccabi Tel Aviv on Friday evening in Istanbul, and next week again doubles week. The team is on a path, we play better, we share the ball better on offense, and everyone plays willingly on defense, so I'm happy with my team's game tonight. Take the basket. We make good use of Zizic. We are playing basketball as the Anadolu Efes team should play. Of course, our squad capacity is high, and when we play well in this way, it is reflected in the result."

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  • Ergin Ataman
  • Frutti Extra Bursaspor