Defeating Spain’s Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz 81-79 in the 30th-week match of Turkish Airlines Euroleague game, Anadolu Efes head coach Ergin Ataman stated his thoughts at the post-game press conference:
"We played our most aggressive game, with a lot of energy in the last 3 month period of Euroleague for us. It was strange for us because our three important players didn’t wear the jersey in this match. In the absence of them, our young players participated well and at the last part of the match Errick McCollum shown a special performance. This match was our right, we lead the game in the second half completely. Basketball can be an interesting game time-to-time. Baskonia needed to win perhaps but we won the match.”