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When asked if he enjoys coaching Alexey Shved, he added: “I do. Sometimes, he needs to be a little bit more under control, but this kind of talented players, they are fun to watch for fans. For coaches, he is a big weapon but somehow you need to control him sometimes.”
After beating Anadolu Efes Bartzokas was satisfied: “First of all, every win is very important and this was a dangerous game for us tonight. During the game, we also missed (Marko) Todorovic with an injury and have a lot of problems right now with our injury list, but we managed to win this game. Like I said, every game is very important. I think we played much better in the second half on defense and finding open shots that we made”.
Coach Ergin Ataman spoke on the game and the way Khimki was scoring from long range: “We allowed a lot of three-point shots. Most of them were really difficult shots. Monia’s shot close to halfcourt and Shved’s shots, we know that he can hit those shots, but many shots over hands. Finally, I think that Khimki played an excellent game, especially on three-point shots. If you score 17 three-point shots at 48%, it is very difficult to beat this kind of team. We missed a lot of easy shots, especially in the beginning of the second half, with Brown and Dragic. Khimki made them”.