“I congratulate Tofaş. They played better than us tonight. They came into the match with a better motivation than ours. We couldn’t resist enough. We made big mistakes especially on defence. We lost in every position especially on one-on-ones and we lost the rhythm of the match to Tofaş. That’s how they gained the point difference at the beginning of the second half anyway. I congratulate them. Of course that the playoffs are long but we must raise our motivation. We must put out toughness to the arena same as them. Otherwise Tofaş had the advantage with their tough game…”

Our team captain Doğuş Balbay also stated his thoughts at the post-game press conference as: “We cannot win matches playing like this, especially the away games. Thus we must play with motivation and tougher in the following games. There are many lessons to learn from this match, though this is a long series. There is no need to lower our heads, we must stay strong and play tougher within the rules of basketball.”