Georgios Bartzokas spoke at the press conference after Olympiacos’ win against Barcelona in the first game of the EuroLeague quarterfinals.
The depth of the squad was of great importance.
“We will analyze what we did, but we used a lot of players, expanded our rotation. Thomas Walkup got fouled out, Moustapha Fall had a similar situation, we had foul trouble. That’s why I had to use almost all players from the bench. We controlled our emotions and led the whole game. Sometimes 10, sometimes 11, maybe even 13 players. We needed to protect the ball better, they stole a few and hit transition threes. Details always decide such games.”
Kostas Papanikolaou and Filip Petrusev
“Kostas is 99 percent out for the next game. He had a high temperature, feeling very weak. I hope we’ll have him next Tuesday. We’ll see with Petrusev, I’m not sure what the problem is exactly. He needed to step out of the court. I don’t think it’s a big issue,” described Bartzokas the situation when Petrusev left the court due to a minor injury, as things stand now
Olympiacos defeated Barcelona on the road, taking a 1-0 lead in the play-off series.#Euroleague pic.twitter.com/aUmNfzafXn
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