By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
The Panathinaikos guard writes on his blog for EuroLeague about the journey to the playoffs and Panathinaikos‘ talent:
We are in the playoffs. We have reached our first goal and I am happy about that. This is my first playoffs and I am very motivated to play in my first playoffs. This is the high point of our season so far, but we need to continue.
We have been playing very up and down. We are not stable. We have lost a lot of away games and we need to fix that as soon as possible. I don’t know why we are playing like that; in home games we are playing well, but away games are something that we need to be better at. I hope in the playoffs when we go to Madrid we will be much better.
One of the most difficult things for our team this season was adjusting to new players. When new guys come to a team in the middle of the season, it’s not easy, especially for Coach Pascual, who has a lot of tactical things, a lot of offensive sets. We needed some time to bring those guys into the team. I think now that we have been together for two months, those new guys are more comfortable and we are better as a team. They help us. Mike James is a very good scorer. I think he’s one of the best scorers in the EuroLeague. Adreian Payne is great at his job; he’s a great rebounder. We are better with those guys.
[…] The most important thing will be to play good defense. We are a good team on offense. They are a good team on offense. We were a fast team before, but Mike James is a wild player. He likes to score; he likes to play fast. We are even faster with him. I think for opponents it is not easy to play defense against us because we have a lot of talent on offense. The team that plays better defense will have more chances to win.
Source: EuroLeague Basketball