Defeated by Barcelona Lassa 978-89 at the 18th week match of Turkish Airlines Euroleague, Anadolu Efes coach Velimir Perasovic stated his thoughts at the post-game press conference:
“First of all I would like to congratulate Barcelona Lassa. They played better than us especially on the second-half. They deserved to win. We defended very well on the first-half and this gave us the chance to advance the score difference but unfortunately we were not good at offense and that prevented us to advance in the end. By the third quarter they found 30 point shoots with high percentage and the game was lost for us. Afterwards we returned and lowered the score difference to two points but we made mistakes because of stress. Barcelona Lassa is a team with good players and talented team that can go to play-offs. Turkish Airlines Euroleague is a tough league and every match in the league goes as match of life and death. Every match is tough and it is impossible to foresee the score. There are many good teams in the Euroleague this season and it is hard to foresee what will happen…”