He prevailed with 78–72 in the 15th basketball League and effectively secured the ultimate home advantage in the Greek league, with Erkin Ataman apothecizing after the end of the game his players. Erkin Ataman stressed that Olympiacos is currently the best team in Euroleague, but Panathinaikos took advantage of this to get energy and reach victory. CORVERSE Ataman’s statements “We played perfect defense today. The children showed character, because Olympiacos is now the best team in the EuroLeague, they won 7 games in a row. They won in Real Madrid by a huge difference three days ago. Fans, the atmosphere, it’s not easy playing here for rival teams. We used this, played very aggressive, played smart in the attack, despite the fact that we had big problems. Mitoglou is sick, Jurcheven is in hospital for MRI. The kids showed a great character. Everyone, Osman, Grant, Sloukas. It’s a very important victory for us. Now we have a great advantage in the Greek championship to complete the regular season in the first place. Each game is different. I don’t know if Yurcheven will be ready for Thursday. We need the same atmosphere as in derby. All games in EuroLeague for us will be final. I don’t care that we lost two away games. We have the advantage of the headquarters, we have 7 games in our headquarters, if we have this atmosphere and if we put this aggression in defense, we can win all 7 games and stay in the first four. Each game is different, my players showed great character, congratulations to all.”
Ataman after Panathinaikos – Olympiacos: “We defeated the best team in Euroleague right now”
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