Ettore Messina: The most serious issue is Nebo’s new injury

This is how Ettore Messina commented on the home loss against Bayern:

“Congratulations to Bayern for how they turned the game around when we were up by 5. A series of mistakes both on offense and defense cost us the match. It was a tough game; we had too many ups and downs, but the most serious issue is Nebo’s new injury. We’ll know more in the coming days, but it doesn’t look promising.”

Yet another tough start:

“When we start well, we do two basic things: we defend and move the ball on offense instead of settling for the first shot. Usually, things go hand in hand. When we start poorly, these two things are missing, and we’ve had too many difficult starts now. We even changed the starting lineup, and we’ll see if we can try something else.”

The eight-man rotation:

“When you’re down by 18, you shorten the rotation to try to give some confidence to those on the court. Plus, I had minute restrictions for Nebo and Bolmaro. There’s a history of games, and you also make decisions based on that. Despite everything, we were up by 5 with less than 2 minutes left. Then we conceded a three-pointer due to nonexistent rotation, turned the ball over twice, and let them grab an offensive rebound during the decisive possession.”

Defense on Booker:

“He made some big plays, including two or three baskets off lucky bounces. But what I remember are Voigtmann’s drives and dunks, where we could have done better. The player who really shifted the game was Voigtmann.”