Panathinaikos didn't perform well in defense in the first half of the game against Kolossos Rhodes and Fragkiskos Alvertis noted that during the press conference after the encounter for Basket League OPAP.
"It was obvious that in the first half we played well in offense, but our defense wasn't at the same level. We weren't trying enough and the that prevented us from reaching a bigger lead. In the second half we performed much, much better in defense, we maintained our rhythm in offense. The game against Unicaja Malaga is very important for us. We have to be really focused and to perform according our real potential. Congratulations to Kolossos!"
Jonas Maciulis stated: "We make the same mistakes again and again. We start on the wrong foot, with lack of concentrations and we let our opponent get into the game. The same thing happened today against a good team such as Kolossos. We shouldn't have let something like that happen. It was a really good game and now our mind is set on Malaga.
Michalis Koutalianos (coach, Kolossos), noted: "Congratulations to Panathinaikos for the win and I wish them good luck in the Greek League and Euroleague. We came here knowing what we have to face. We wanted to test some things heading to the important for us game against Ilissiakos. We wanted to be competitive, but we only managed to do that during the first half. When you face a team like Panathinaikos you cannot play for just 20 minutes. We wanted to get Hopkins into the game and we missed one tall guy, Nadjfej,who would be one more solution for us in the paint. It was a good practice for us. I don't know if we managed to give a tough practice to Panathinaikos for their next Euroleague game, but we fought throughout the game".
Giorgos Danas (player, Kolossos), stated: "It was a difficult game for us. We managed to be competitive for 20 minutes. We are turning our heads to the next game against Ilissiakos. We faced today's game as practice and we move ahead".
