Defeating Pınar Karşıyaka 79-74 at the Integral Forex Turkey Cup and qualified for the final, Anadolu Efes coach Velimir Perasovic stated his thoughts at the post-game press conference:
“First of all, I would like to congratulate Pınar Karşıyaka. They played very well. It was a tough game today. We have had the game’s control in our hands but it was a close game overall, as because Pınar Karşıyaka is a very good team. They played well today as well. It was an energetic game but we won at the end, this is very important. Tomorrow we will play against Banvit in the final game. Banvit won against us in the first half of the league, they won against Beşiktaş Sompo Japan and Galatasaray Odeabank as well. Final match will be completely different. We will do everything in our power to win the cup…”
Anadolu Efes’s successful player Jayson Granger also stated his thoughts as: “I congratulate Pınar Karşıyaka. They played very well today. We have also played well until the end of the game. We have held the control of the game moslty. We’ve done a good job as a team and qualified to the final…”