By Aris Barkas / barkas@eurohoops.net
France beat easily Turkey in the “Round of 16” and Ataman admitted that “France is the best team with these players on defense”.
Ergin Ataman said: “France is a very strong team. We tried to staying the game for the first 15 minutes. On offense we couldn’t find our way. They are the best team with these players on defense”. On his side Furkan Korkmaz added: “We started the game really well. The target was to destroy them in the first quarter. They got in the rhythm in the second quarter and were very strong. I am happy to be part of this team. I learned so much from being here”.
Vincent Collet focused more on the atmosphere in Lille saying: “The atmosphere was amazing. We hope to see it a couple of times. That is our goal. We started the game with a good attitude. We knew we would need time to play our defense but we knew they didn’t have the same bench as us. We got a lot from the bench, scoring and energy”.
Evan Fournier thanked the fans and explained about France’s secret in the win over Turkey: “The arena was unreal, it was really unreal. It was really great. Thanks to the fans. We did a very good job defensively. We locked them up on the boards because we knew that was their strength. We just played good team basketball”.