The head coach of Panathinaikos BC OPAP, Argyris Pedoulakis, stated after the end of the game against Valencia Basket:
“In the first half I believe we were better and we could have had a bigger point difference if we did not get carried away with our enthusiasm. We made turnovers and conceded 10 transition and fastbreak points. We did not play transition defense. In the first 3 minutes of the second half I would say were tragic, and in that moment we gave an opportunity to Valencia to turn the game around. But in the last quarter we tightened up the defense, the players who came off the bench gave us a lot of help, and what we keep from this is a victory. It is very important you win when your starting players are not on a good day."
