“Diamantidis’… hand”

In the post-game press conference, Zeljko Obradovic mentioned the intense feelings he got from the game, but also referred to Dimitris Diamantidis’ two last shots: “It was a great victory and great game that made me feel many different emotions. In the first part of the game, we played an excellent game, with the exception of the last two-three minutes of the first half. This is something that happens all very often in our games. These are small details. We play very well, but then we give our opponent the opportunity, the chance to make a comeback; and this is our big problem. We won despite having less possessions and this is a very difficult thing to do in basketball. But at the end of the day we made it, and everything we planned for the last lineup was executed flawlessly thanks to …Diamantidis’ wrist. He sank in two big shots and we won the game. We know, however, that we cannot be very happy and cling to that, because we must understand that we want more players. Some players need to understand that they must help. I have already said that before….”