In the press conference after the game against Ilissiakos, Zeljko Obradovic made the seriousness with which his players performed the focal point of his statements, being very succinct: “We started the game very seriously, continued to play, seriously, and finished the game in the same way. Congratulations to the players for fighting with high motivation.” Referring to Logan’s performance he noted: “Undoubtedly tonight he was exceptional. He was very aggressive and we want him to continue performing the way he played tonight. And he was not just aggressive in offence, but in defense.”
Pat Calathes underlined: “We went very well into the game and played very aggressively from the start. We executed things we had worked on during practice. We have learned some lessons from last week. We lost some rebounds that we should not have and this is something we are going to work on.”
Ilissiakos’ coach, Kostas Flevarakis, mentioned: “I think that this was a game we cannot say much on. Panathinaikos had the experience, the talent, the quality, and when they are on a good day you have not luck against them. The only thing we have gained was experience for some of our guys. For us, the fact that we were far from our performance in other games has to do with Panathinaikos’ performance tonight.”
Young Costas Tsaprounis said: “Panathinaikos is a better team. We tried to face the pressure of the entire game, did what we could, and are looking ahead to the next game.”
