The coach of Panathinaikos, Aleksandar Djordjevic, stated after the game against Fenerbahce: "It was a very beautiful night with lots of feelings and emotions. This is one of the reasons to be grateful, because we are part of the history of such a big club. I have to underline once again that nights like that are not very usual, so we have to enjoy the atmosphere and the big victory, which helps the team to understand how good we can be. The keys to winning were the fighting spirit and the rebounds we grabbed. We played very good defense against their pick-and-roll and thanks to Nick Calathes, we [limited] Dixon to only 2 assists. Udoh caused us a lot of problems in the first half, but in the second half we played much better defense on him. It is a team victory and I am happy to have it. I believe that the togetherness is the key for the success. After the latest additions, we are a more-athletic and better team and the newcomers will offer us a lot of energy. All of them have very good mentality. Williams made a great effort on both ends of the court, but some of his decisions didn't allow us to have a more-comfortable win, while Haynes who has more experience, played excellent defense."
From the other side the coach of Fenerbahce, Zeljko Obradovic, said: "Congratulations to Panathinaikos for their win tonight. I think that some small details decided the result. I am proud of my players because last week we played four games and they are tired. It is tough for them to keep their freshness and tough for me to make changes. Panathinaikos scored some easy points in the open court, something we didn't stop and also didn't have in our offence. Now we must to find the energy needed in order to play the Turkish League game against Galatasaray. I would like to thank Panathinaikos for their welcome. They are outstanding people and I wish them the best for the future."
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