The coach of Panathinaikos, Aleksandar Djordjevic stated after the game against Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul: “It’s a very important win for us. It is probably of the most important wins of the season. We started the game as a joke. After a very bad start, we bounced back to fight and play to win. In the first half we couldn’t find a solution to the low post game of Darussafaka. We missed Kuzmic, who is doing these tasks of defending strong men in the paint. We have some new players who don’t know well the Euroleague level. Sometimes they are surprised to see the quality of European basketball. But they have to get used to it as soon possible. At the end of the game we were aggressive and made them turn the ball over. 19 turnovers is a lot for a home team. That’s how we won the game.”
Miroslav Raduljica said: "It was a very tough battle, as you saw. Until the last moment you did not know who is going to win. It was a very good clash of two great teams. Fortunately we won. We showed great energy and just kept playing until the very end. And we won."
