Defeating by Italy’s AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan team 101-95 in the 30th-week match of Turkish Airlines Euroleague game, Anadolu Efes head coach Ergin Ataman shared his thoughts at the post-game conference:
“We didn’t play our own game in the first half today. We didn’t fight and we played very soft on the court. AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan team has high offense potential. They’ve scored 53 points in the first half. On the half-time when we headed into the locker rooms we spoke about how we mustn’t play like this right before the play-offs. We fought in the second half and showed an aggressive defense. We’ve played with 11 player rotation today. We’ve scored with our aggressiveness. The entire team fought and we’ve won in the end. We knew that this was a very important game for AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan. Every match holds a great importance in Euroleague and we’ve played with this motto and won in the end.”