Ergin Ataman: “We’ve had the chance to play with all of our players…”

Defeating Afyon Belediyespor 97-78 in the Tahincioğlu Basketball Super League game, Anadolu Efes head coach Ergin Ataman shared his thoughts at the post-game press conference:

“Afyon Belediyespor team has some issues. Their two American players left the team last week. The match went on a low tempo. Though we have had the chance to play with all of our players. Our young players participated as well. Especially, Metecan contributed tonight very well. Our other players Ömercan and Mustafa played as well. It was a training-like league game for us. We’ve finished the first period of the league on the second row. We are only 1 point behind the leader Fenerbahçe. Our fight will carry on the second half.”

Our player Metecan Birsen also shared his thoughts at the press conference: “It was very important to us to finish the first half of the league with a victory. This is the reason we are very happy. We showed our fight from the beginning of the match on the arena. It was important for us for all the Turkish players to contribute. I believe we’ve contributed well. We will continue to go on the arena prepared and continue to work. We have Darüşşafaka Tekfen on the Euroleague ahead. We would like to continue our journey well.” 

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