Perasovic: “This victory is important for us to keep the possibility of making it to the Final Four…”

Defeating by Greece’s Olympiacos 71-73 at the 2nd match of Turkish Airlines Euroleague play off, Anadolu Efes head coach Velimir Perasovic stated his thoughts at the post-game press conference:

"Today is a great victory for us to keep the possibility of making it to the Final Four because if we lost today, it would be very difficult mentally for everybody. We also know that Olympiacos is a great team away, they play great basketball at home and away and it will be very extremely difficult to beat them three times, but now we have the possibility. From the beginning, we played good defense, but in the first two quarters Olympiacos made a lot of three-point shots and had an advantage because of this. We stopped their offensive rebounds, we stopped their fast breaks, but we never stopped the three-point shots. In the second half we played more solid on defense and finally, we won with a little luck, like always. On this court, it’s always difficult. "

Anadolu Efes’s successful player Jayson Granger also stated his thoughts: "I think we did a great job today. We fought till the end. They only had 10 offensive rebounds. I think we stopped some key player for them, but of course, we know this was going to be hard work. We got two games at home and we have a chance to do something big. This isn’t over yet. "

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