“I can’t say we were able to prepare well for this match. After getting back from the mid-week road game against Cedevita Zagreb, we only had one training session to prepare for this match. Therefore, it was important to win this match today. And I believe we deserved to win the game. As a short analysis, our defense was not on a desired level. Trabzon was fast into the match. They got 13 points from five shots, and we were unable to stop them with fouls. However, we slowly managed to start reflecting our intentions on the court. The only exception would be those eight points that we conceded in 30 seconds due to turnovers while 10 points ahead. We could not control the game at that moment. We missed way too many three pointers throughout the match. Still, we managed to pull up our three point field goal rate to 7/24 in the final quarter, which was extremely low at the end of the third quarter. Trabzonspor is a very good team. They are fighting so well. I would like to congratulate them for their recent results. Starting from tomorrow, we have to start preparing for the match this week against Laboral Kutxa...”

Anadolu Efes’s prolific player Derrick Brown also stated his thoughts: “It was a very challenging match today. Trabzonspor prepared for this game very well. The fought well. We managed to win thanks to our performance in the final quarter. Matches in the Turkish League are extremely challenging. We will train more, and continue to increase our performance.”