Sasa Obradovic: Huge win against one of the favorites to win the EuroLeague

Crvena Zvedza coach Sasa Obradovic talks after the OT win over CSKA Moscow.

“It’s a huge victory. After struggling in the first half, I think maybe over-respecting a big opponent, we didn’t play the way we wanted to. With a defensive effort, which was amazing in the second half, you get something in offense. This win is big by itself, but I’m just wondering what it would look like with our phenomenal fans. We are really hoping to see them as soon as possible to enjoy these kinds of things. It’s not just rebounding, I think the whole defense, even working on the ball and the help side was much much better [in the second half] and with this, we got crucial confidence… All in all, I am happy with the win.”

“It’s a huge win against one of the favorites to win the EuroLeague this year. Apart from Loyd, who had an extraordinary performance, I would definitely say that the rest of the team, all individuals contributed to this amazing win. In certain periods of the game, different guys helped, which makes us strong as a team. In the first half, we maybe respected too much our big opponent, so we had some mistakes due to do this. But with great spirit, great togetherness, we found our rhythm, first on defense, then on offense.”