“I don’t understand why we put in so little energy”
NOTenad Markovic (JDA Dijon coach): “Congratulations to Lavrio on the victory. I don’t understand why we put so little energy in the beginning. We didn’t defend well, we conceded too many easy points, played too slowly in attack, we didn’t move the ball well. At the break, it was a good result, because we should have led by fifteen points. We had to play better, we did it at times, but only for 2-3 minutes. We did not manage to maintain that over time, especially in the important moments when we could have taken a break, and put more pressure on Lavrio. However, even without playing well, we had a chance to win. […] On the last action, we had time to create some play and we did what we wanted, David (Holston) passes the ball, I think Sek (Henry) should have shot. He could have missed but he would become straight instead of shifting to the next (Rashard Kelly). Afterwards, I did not see the action again, he could also have thought that he would counter it. “
Christos Serelis (Lavrio coach): “I am very happy with our defensive efforts. We knew that Dijon used the ” pick and roll ” a lot, so for forty minutes we tried to upset them on this point and I am very happy because we were able to respect this plan. Also, we are a new team and in the end, we were able to win thanks to our defense. It is a real satisfaction. “
Vasilis Mouratos (Captain of Lavrio): “It was a very close game, the two teams failed to make a big difference. I congratulate my team because I believe this is the biggest victory in our history, the first in BCL. “