By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan is back to wins after an easy one against Anadolu Efes Istanbul at home. Clearly, that made their coach Simone Pianigiani more than satisfied.
“We won a solid game against a very good team. A team with a great coach and the team with a big talent. Mentally it was a difficult game to win. The visitors came with a lot of confidence as they won the Turkish Cup“, said the Italian coach. What impressed him the most it was Armani’s defense. “Our defense was great, we stayed together. We played a great game“, concluded Pianigiani.
On the other side, Ergin Ataman was in the complete different mood.”Of course, it is difficult to play this kind of game without real motivation. We lost our game discipline and defensively we made big mistakes in the second quarter. We played a terrible game“, said Ataman.
“The two best offensive players in the Turkish Cup Zoran Dragic and Kruno Simon are absent in the last two games in the Euroleague. That’s why we couldn’t play perfectly like we did in the Cup. Sonny Weems came yesterday, we need game time to put everything together. Basketball is preparation, basketball is chemistry. We must be more motivated and put more hustle in the Euroleague game”, explained the Turkish coach.