Papanikolopoulos: “We could have finished earlier” – Basketball – Greece
Nikos Papanikolopoulos stressed that it was a nervous match and how they lost defensive rebounds and the mistakes that were made, but he stood by the soul that came out in overtime and did not want to deal temporarily in the next match with AEK.
Analytically: “It was a difficult match today, a premiere, a hard and nervous game. Many times during the game we had the opportunity to finish it. We made critical mistakes, such as the defense of Margaritis’s three-pointer and the goal-foul of Slaftsakis, as in other cases. They came mainly from the negligence in the defensive rebound, but also from the wrong decisions they made in the transition.
The nervousness of the players today can be seen in the 23 mistakes they made in total. All this is pressure, but it also shows the will of the children. For 37 ‘in front of the score and in the end we were behind. Nevertheless, we had the mental strength to take the victory. It is difficult to get a match in which you are ahead for 37 ‘to stay behind at the end. The children had the mental strength, they coped and we got a very big victory in the premiere “.
For the next obligation of his team for the second game of the Basket League: “Right now for the time when the game with AEK did not occur. It is important to analyze today’s game and see our mistakes “.
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