Argyris Pedoulakis was happy by the way his players performed while he spoke about Zack Wright's first performance in Green.
"It was a tough, physical game. We wanted to rotate our players. We had to deal with a problem against Panionios' defense in the second half. It was a part of the game where Wright helped us a lot. On the other hand we managed to get the ball into the basket. It was something that helped us as far as energy is concerned, but we missed a lot of free throws. Now we focus on our game in Milano. We weren't as focused as we should be today. This is what happens after a big derby. In general we did what we had to do to get the win. Wright helped us a lot today, because during the last period of the game Ukic couldn't walk. We have to deal also with this misfortune with Curry's injury and Wright is one more solution for us. He was able to guide the team for several minutes".
Mike Bramos stated: "It was a tough game against a tough team such as Panionios, who is very competitive. We managed to get to double digit margin a couple of times and we got the victory in the end. I wish Panionios good luck".
Giannis Sfairopoulos (coach, Panionios), stated: "It was a real derby. Ιn the first half it was a close game. Panathinaikos had the lead, but we were close. In the second half Panathinaikos got a bigger lead but we made our come back and we claimed the victory. It was a big effort from our side today. We were competitive, we got to the end and we are satisfied for our effort".
Mark Carter (player, Panionios) , noted: "The game was very tough for both teams. We lost a lot of rebounds and we gave our opponents a lot of second chances to score. We fought to make our come back, we wasted a lot of energy, but it's tough against teams like Panathinaikos to achieve something like that".
