Argyris Pedoulakis at the press conference after the game against Laboral Kutxa, characterized the defeat "a bad one", expressing the necessity to keep the head up.
"It was a bad performance on our side. We weren't focused enough or the wish for a Euroleague game. We missed a lot of open shots especially in the first half. In the third quarter nothing operated well in the defense, when Laboral Kutxa scored 27 points and we didn't use the fouls. We had energy only during the last quarter. It's was a bad loss and we have to lift our heads up in order to continue. The belief for many people was that this would be an easy game. We consumed a lot of energy for 30 minutes. They felt confident and they didn't have anything to lose. We made easy turnovers and we missed easy lay ups. It's was a tough lesson for us".
Sergio Scariolo (coach, Laboral Kutxa), noted: "As always it's a great feeling to win a great team like Panathinaikos and especially in this arena, with these passionate fans. I don't know if this win will lead us to the play offs. We are a new team and this is an important win for us. We play without American players all season. We had a lot of defeats, all against good teams. We were very upset for these defeats and I hope that this win will boost our confidence. Regarding the game the key was the rebounds and the fact we played good defense. We made a lot of turnovers during the last quarter, but is Panathinaikos to blame, because they pressed us a lot. I believe that we scored some big shots and we got the win".
