Ataman: We played perfect basketball for three quarters, in the last we made incredible mistakes
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Ataman: All respect to Clyburn because he broke our defense
Anadolu Efes coach Ergin Ataman talks after the 89-86 win over CSKA Moscow in the Euroleague semifinal:
“I’m not good because we made the same mistakes again. We played perfect basketball for three quarters and then in the last quarter we made incredible mistakes. All respect to Clyburn. We didn’t really stop him. We gave up all the isolation points to Clyburn. We didn’t stop him. On offense, we made incredible mistakes. We won the game with luck at the end. We deserved to win more easily but we will be in the final… All respect to Clyburn because he broke our defense. We had perfect defense for three quarters. Nobody could find scores inside – Shengelia, Voigtmann. But Clyburn and Hackett [beat us] on the easy pick-and-roll attack. Okay, defensively we made those mistakes, but offensively, especially after Micic had the fifth foul, we stopped playing. But we will play in the final and I hope we will not make the mistakes again in the final.”
Fonte: Euroleague.