“As it is for every Banvit game we play, it was a tough and difficult game again. We started to play bad offensively at the beginning of the game but we were well defence-wise. We gained the advantage in the second quarter. We held this advantage throughout the match and won. This has been an important victory for us, as because a hard fixture awaits us…”

Anadolu Efes’s successful player Alex Kirk also stated his thoughts in the press conference: “We played well today. We played aggressively and physically strong. We caught them when we wanted to catch them. We have done good things in offense, also stopped our rival as we wanted to defence-wise. We played as our coach wanted us to and won…”