Manny Harris: “First Olympiacos, then the Basketball Champions League Final Four”

2018-04-01T12:07:11+00:00 2018-04-01T12:07:11+00:00.

Aris Barkas

01/Apr/18 12:07

Eurohoops.net

Manny Harris led AEK to the Greek Cup, his team is one step away from the Basketball Champions League Final Four, but before that, they have to focus on one more showdown with Olympiacos.

By John Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net

The 28-year-old American guard scored eight points in the first quarter of the quarterfinal against Strasbourg that was held on Wednesday (28/3) at the Olympic Sports Center Athens. Throughout the rest of the first game of the series between the two teams for the quarterfinal stage of the Basketball Champions League, he scored another four…

“I didn’t do very well on an individual level, but the important thing is that we got the win. I’m not concerned about myself but about the team. In the next game, I will play to win. Winning is everything on a team level,” Harris said.

Overall, about the game against Vincent Collet’s squad, he added: “It was a good win for us. Once again we played well for 40 minutes and we got a nine-point lead. But, that was just the first half. We have another half, where we will play in Strasbourg. We made it today (28/3), but we have to stay focused on our goal.”

Regarding the two important games within four days – the one against Olympiacos (1/4) and the second game against Strasbourg (4/4) – he said: “There’s no problem. We take it one game at a time. The game against Strasbourg is over and now we have to focus on the one against Olympiacos. When the one against Olympiacos is over, we’ll think about Strasbourg again. We play basketball, this is our job. We are called to be mentally and physically prepared for every game so that we can do everything we can to win every time.”

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