By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Olympiacos coach Giannis Sfairopoulos admitted that in the end the quality of Real Madrid decided the outcome of the final against Olympiacos.
As he said: “We are proud that we were in the final. We played under hard conditions, Real was the team with more quality and played at home. I think that defensively we did really well. The score is not indicative. Real got away from us in the last few minutes, when both teams were looser. We were bad in offense, had low percentages in free throws and three-pointers. We didn’t have any energy. Congratulations to Real Madrid, thay had a good game and they won fairly. The game changed in the final 10 minutes when Carroll got some tough shots that were bad for our mentality. I want to thank our fans and to promise them that we will try our best in order to give them such joys in the future.”
Kostas Sloukas added: “The points we scored reveal a problem, since we got free shots in the game but didn’t score. Tonight, we didn’t fully follow through with our initial plan, but the point difference does not fully reflect the image of the game, but the bitterness for the effort is what remains. The year is unbelievable, it’s an achievement to be a finalist.”