By Alex Madrid/ info@eurohoops.net
As Laso explained the main issue for Real Madrid is not losing the home court advantage, but the health of the team: “Right now, I didn’t even think about the playoffs yet. We have time until the playoffs and the first thing I am worried right now is recovering my players. I have some injured players ready to come back – Campazzo, Tavares, Ayon just came back. We have to see the Sergio (Llull) situation. Right now, if I have to say something, I would like to say that I would like to be healthy, more than anything else. We know we play against a great team without the home-court advantage, but for right now, the only thing I am worried about is Real Madrid being healthy. Sergi is a lot better and we have to see, little by little, how he goes into the team, although we know it is a big challenge.”
From his side, Bamberg’s coach Luca Banchi added: “First of all, I have to congratulate Real Madrid because they played very well in an important game. I am quite happy about the way we approached the game – of course, not the first couple of minutes when we struggled a little bit and had three of the four turnovers that we had in the first half. Of course, this is part of our plan, trying to control the tempo, the rhythm. I have to work on our continuity because we proved that for most of the game, we were able to play at the same level of our opponents but too many times we struggled because of turnovers, bad shooting selection or inconsistent defensive positions, even rebounding, which is the part in which we struggled more in the second half and it is the key for us to be at the level we expected. The EuroLeague is over for us and it is time to put our best focus in the German League and the next eight games, trying to find the way to go to the playoffs in the best position possible and try to fight for the title. It sounds difficult but it is our big task.”
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