“Congratulations to Monaco. The game was decided by our first quarter. We played it very poorly, without the right approach to be able to compete with a team like Monaco. We won the third and fourth quarters, which means the game was decided in the first ten minutes. When you play against such an athletic team, you need to make open three-pointers to spread the floor.
We failed to do that. We played great defense and held Monaco to just 69 points. My team really gave it their all. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to win the game. Our EuroLeague season is over. My dream was to still be in contention for the play-in spot even in the last round. I am very sorry, I am sad. But at the same time, I have to be objective and say that we did a lot of good things.
And tonight, we played above our limit. We were very close to winning this match, but Monaco is a Final Four team, so I believe we can return home with our heads held high. We lost the game, but we shouldn’t feel defeated, considering our approach and everything we’ve done so far. We should be proud of turning our season around. We were almost last when I arrived, but we fought and fought, which brought us back into the game.”