The coach of Panathinaikos, Aleksandar Djordjevic, stated after the game against Anadolu Efes Istanbul: "We were really focused and opened the game the right way. Our second half performance was very bad. Our defense continously decreased in the second half. We prepared well for this game, but 19 offensive rebounds by Efes gave them almost 10 more offenses. That’s an unacceptable mistake.. We lost because of this. Now everybody must understand how important being a team is. We received 30 points in the fourth period. It was out of control. We have to take the lessons from this game and continue working hard."
Nick Calathes said: "Tough game. Bad loss. We started well in the first half, but were bad in the second half. We lost concentration in the second half. The offensive rebounds we allowed and the missed shots brought this result. A bad loss. We have important and hard games soon."
