“Firstly, I congratulate Trabzonspor. They have shown an amazing resistance. Even though they are not on the playoff border, their characteristic is that they are the league’s most scoring team. As because we couldn’t start with the toughness of the defense we wanted, they found their usual shoots and the short players found serious outside shoots. In the second half, we made a better defense. We started toughening the defense and play with a tempo and we managed to win the game even though it was tough. What I say is what it is, we ascend the stairs slowly. Now we are leveled with the third team on the point scale about the victory. We will finish the league as one of the first three teams and become a champion.”

Our player Birkan Batuk also stated his thoughts at the press conference: “We couldn’t start the game very well and couldn’t play the game we wanted in the first quarter. The second quarter was tough. Trabzonspor played well and they had a high percentage of shots. We couldn’t show the effective defense that we have shown last week, though we played aggressively in the last quarter and won. We couldn’t get the results we wanted in Euroleague, we are more concentrated for the league. It was important to win today. We now have Brose Bamberg match, I hope that we win that match as well and continue our way in the league.”