Ataman: “We’ve won with a point difference but the series is only 2-0…”

Defeating Real Madrid team with a point difference again in the 2nd-playoff match of Turkish Airlines Euroleague, Anadolu Efes head coach Ergin Ataman stated his thoughts post-game:

"We’ve played another perfect basketball. The turnovers were as much as we aren’t used to. Tavares is a major lacking for them but they’ve played with different players without him, followed different strategies. We struggled to defend Trey Tompkins in the small forward position. We made a lot of turnovers because we were confused in the first quarter. This is the reason we couldn’t increase the point difference. They’ve played with traditional players in the second half, and different from the first match, Larkin and Micic scored. This relieved us because they make our job easier with their points. Once again, we’ve won with a point difference but the series is only 2-0. We will go to Madrid now.” 

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