By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Real Madrid managed to overcome an extremely competitive Baskonia at home thanks to a game-winning jumper courtesy of Rudy Fernandez in the last seconds and his coach talked about the big-time shot and what it means for his player, in the post-game press conference.
“I’m really happy for him. He was doing a wonderful match and he deserved to have this shot that decided the game,” Pablo Laso said.
“I feel that this kind of last-minute shots award the player for his work. I believe he’s having a pretty good season. He had bad luck because of the injury he had during Christmas time. He recovered quite well. He had improved and can play more minutes on the court. As I said, I’m happy because this last shot provides more value to his work,” added the coach of Real Madrid.
Laso had opened the presser with the following statement:
“First of all, congratulations to my players. I am very happy with the win and the team’s performance and also because of the effort we had to make to win the game. I got into the locker room and saw them tired, as if they were not enjoying a win that deserves a lot of credit, against a great team. We had better and worse moments in the game but we were also playing against a good opponent. We were able to stay focused for the best part of the game. It the end, it was a very close game that was decided in the final play. I am happy with the work we did today. We know it was an important game for us to lock our spot in the EuroLeague as much as possible. We have a good winning streak in the EuroLeague, but lost a couple of games at home and those wins are the ones we miss the most. We wanted to win at home, knowing it is a difficult week with a game in Malaga on Friday and in San Sebastian [in the Spanish League] on Sunday.”