Ergin Ataman: “We Found the Right Way to Play Basketball, But It’s Too Late”

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Anadolu Efes defeated Virtus Bologna differently in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, winning its 16th place and maintaining its play-off hopes. Head coach Ergin Ataman in the navy-whites made statements after the match, taking the microphone:

“We found the right way to play basketball, but it might be too late. We’ll see. We played 4 matches against Italian teams this season and won 4 of them. Maybe if we played in the Italian League, we would be champions (Laughs). But we play in the EuroLeague. We lost too many games. In the final seconds, we lost 3-4 games in overtime. None of my coach friends want to play against us in the playoffs. But we have very little chance. This is life. We’ll see what happens in the next two weeks. At the beginning of the season, we experienced pressure from the club, the fans, the media, everyone to win a third championship in a row. But bad luck did not leave us. We lost many games at the last second and in overtime. These matches put pressure on us. Especially in the second half of the season. Shane Larkin did not play in the first part of the season, Micic was injured for 6 weeks. This put pressure on us. Things are no longer in our hands. Maybe that’s why my players were relieved and we played basketball right. What to do, this season is like this. We’ll see what happens over the next two weeks”.

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