Panathinaikos AKTOR head coach Ergin Ataman, who lost 93-67 away to Anadolu Efes in the 15th week of the THY Europa League, said, “We played terrible basketball today.” he said.
Speaking at the press conference held after the match played at the Basketball Development Center, Ataman stated that they started the game badly and said, “We played terrible basketball today. We conceded very easy baskets. Then we lost control of the game. We missed the easy shots. Anadolu Efes played great. Larkin’s contribution here is great.” “It was important. We already knew that they played well in the home field. We were not very good in attack, we played like a youth team. We could not use Nunn this evening and this was the result.” he said.
Answering the question about Panathinaikos President Dimitrios Giannakopoulos sharing a bus on his social media account, Ataman, who sent the players who lost the play-off match against Fenerbahçe in 2017 to Athens by bus, said, “We are returning to Athens with the 11.50 plane tomorrow morning and we have a league match at the weekend. ” he replied.
“I DO NOT SEE A VERY BIG DEMORALIZATION”
Stating that the teams other than Paris and Olympiacos are fragile in the THY Europa League, Ataman said, “I think the teams show daily performances. We lost to Anadolu Efes, but we have the same number of wins as them. There were interesting results this week. We look after ourselves. Dynamism, desire and aggressiveness.” We are far from where we were last year, which makes us fragile. Nunn is the most important player in our offensive line. “But I don’t see a huge demoralization. We need to stay strong and win the two matches during the week.” made the statement.
Emphasizing that their squad is similar to last year’s, Ataman said:
“But we are experiencing this fragility this year, we are trying to find a solution to it. We see that Real Madrid also experiences similar problems. The complacency caused by last year’s great enthusiasm is perhaps still on the team. We are trying to take precautions against this. We are currently at 8 wins. I do not see a big problem. “But we are going through a bad period for the future. We actually started the season well. We had important wins like the Fenerbahçe win in Istanbul, but we lost 4 of the last 5 matches.”
