By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
“Yeah, I twisted my ankle. Listen, I mean, I’m not made of sugar,” Gortat said to “Washington Post“. “I’m Poland finest. Hashtag Poland Finest. Poland made. Any other day — but I can’t. I can’t, I can’t break down right now. We can laugh as much as we want, but I can’t break down. I’m the only big man standing right now, not counting Mr. Ochefu, our rookie sitting at the bench. I’m the last big man standing here, I have to play, I have to perform, I have to play the highest level.”
After all, his mission is to stop Al Horford and that’s not easy at all. “He does everything,” Gortat said. “He does everything. It’s not like he’s master of everything, he just does everything very well. Like I said, for the first two and a half, maybe three quarters, the guy was invisible. I mean, I felt like everything was under control and then all of sudden, he’s picking up one loose ball, he has one tipped dunk, he has one post move, then he had one three, one little jumper from outside, then you’re coming back to the bench sitting at the timeout and the guy has almost triple-double. I’m like, where’s this coming from? That was definitely a huge surprise to me. I’ll definitely have to put more pressure on Al, I can’t have him throw all these assists to his teammates. I have to attack him more and try to create more fouls. Al’s a very good player. I’ll never say Al is terrible, he’s bad. He’s a very good player. It’s gonna be a long series, and I love that challenge.”