Good defense and taking control of the rhythm of the game were the keys for the victory of Panathinaikos against Laboral Kutxa in Vitoria, as Argyris Pedoulakis stated after the encounter.
"It was a good game for us, because Laboral Kutxa is a really strong team and they are in great shape. What we mainly wanted to do was to control the rhythm and to avoid turnovers. The most important thing is that in defense we managed to destroy the passing game of Laboral Kutxa and the fact that we controlled the rhythm of the game, with the exception of a three minute period at the beginning of the second half. We are in a tough group with a lot of good teams. A great fight till the end will take place for the final classification. It's a series of 14 games. You need to have continuance and we need to be healthy in order to last till the end".
Ramel Curry stated: "We controlled the rhythm, we played good defense, we made big shots at the end and we had what we needed in order to get this big win. We knew that we had a difficult game, so we played really strong and we managed to get the positive result. It was not only me who gave a push to the team. The whole team did a great job in this area. Getting on the court it's what I was thinking: That I had to be as aggressive as possible in order to help my team to get the win ".
