Ergin Ataman: “We’ve had an issue with the way of our thinking…”

Defeating Zenit St. Petersburg 90-88 in the 8th-week match of Turkish Airlines Euroleague game, Anadolu Efes head coach Ergin Ataman stated his thoughts post-game:

“We’ve played excellent basketball in the first three quarters. We were fantastic on offense and defense. We’ve shared the ball well, scored through assists. Though I made a mistake after we’ve raised the score difference. I’ve changed all 5 players at the same time, and we were on the court with the players from the bench. Our rival scored a series of 12-0 in that part of the match. We were unable to continue the development of our game after they brought down the score difference to 10 points. They’ve scored 38 points in the final quarter, and this is unacceptable. We will talk and work on this. It was an issue with the way of our thinking, we’ve had problems, especially in defense and offense.”

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