Τhe head coach of Panathinaikos OPAP, Xavi Pascual, said after the end of the game against Darussafaka: "After three losses in a row in the EuroLeague, it's not easy to win. Today the good news in the end is that we won the game. In the first half, we did more or less what we had to do. In the third quarter, it was the moment when we had more or less the control on offense, but not on defense. This is why [Darussafaka] started to feel the possibility to come back, step by step. They came back, we used our fouls badly and because of that, they used free throws and scored. We lost the control a little of our offense in the end of the third quarter with three turnovers in a row. After that it was a new game, point by point. After two good defenses we scored a fastbreak, and this is why in the end we won. We have to improve, but sometimes you have to win like this to take some confidence for the next games."
