Defeated by Maccabi Fox Tel Aviv team 81-94 in the 25th-week match of Turkish Airlines Euroleague game, Anadolu Efes head coach Ergin Ataman stated his thoughts at the post-game press conference:
" I think physical they beat us. Under the boards, they made 16 offensive rebounds, and we have 18 defensive rebounds. After every shot, 50 percent of the time they got a second chance, and many times after that they hit triples. It is the first time this season Maccabi shot 15 triples on 62%. We tried to play our game on offense; McCollum missed a lot of his shots, but our offense was not too much of a problem. The problem was in defense, each quarter they scored more than 20 points, and broke the game open scoring 27 points in the fourth. They beat us on defense and rebounds, and this is the result of the game, and for a reason, they are in the eighth place and we are in the last place in the EuroLeague."
