Zeljko Obradovic: This must never happen again

These are the words of Zeljko Obradovic after the forced closure of game-2 in Madrid: “I don’t know what to say. It’s all in the hands of those who have to decide. I think what happened is not good for basketball, nor for the image of the two clubs. This must never happen again.”

The tension is high, also in view of game-3: “I have to calm all the people of Belgrade. I want us to talk about basketball, not this. I have friends here and great respect for everyone. When we arrive in Belgrade, I will try to calm all the people who will then welcome Real Madrid. I won’t allow them to do anything. I will repeat it every day. We need to talk about basketball.”

On tensions: “Emotions. You have to look at who started it and why it started. You have to control emotions and not react. And when you react, what happened has happened. I have already spoken to the players in the locker room. You have to control emotions and those who control emotions have more chances to do something in sports.”

On the suspension of the match: “The referees expelled all the players who left the bench. So the game was over.”

And on the condition of Dante Exum: “He was in pain, we’ll see tomorrow. I don’t know.”