By Eurohoops Team / info@eurohoops.net
Barcelona Lassa came back from -25 but eventually fell short against Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz and after the game, both coaches shared their thoughts.
Coach Sito Alonso stated how proud he is of his players, but also how this loss hurt: “Respect and pride to my players. The image of my team goes beyond physical and individual talent. We saw a group of committed players, especially the last five players, they played a great exhibition match, to bring the came back from 25 points down. We fell sorry for Juan Carlos, who is such a leader that we did not get the win. We need to work on our group mentality, as in the end today, we lost in small details, and it really hurt, “ he stated.
Moreover he commented on the first half and the comeback: “In the first half, Shengelia played well, as he was scoring freely, our attitude was weak, but the most important thing to take from today as I said before is the way last five players played, but also the last twelve minutes when we went on a run.”
On the other hand, coach Pedro Martinez talked about how incredible it was to see his team lose a 25 point advantage: “First of all, we had a 25-point lead and it is incredible that we lost this advantage. We stopped running, stopped playing defense and didn’t move the ball. We made a lot of mistakes. Basketball is a very emotional sport and they believed in the victory. We stopped playing and did very badly in the last quarter. It is essential to win every time you can. The competition is very tight and we have to be ready for each game and for 40 minutes, not just 25.”