Ataman before Baskonia – Panathinaikos: “I won’t talk about what Lasso said”

He will face her tomorrow for the 22nd Euroleague race and Erkin Ataman spoke of the match in Victoria, but avoiding commenting on Pablo Lasso’s statement. At his own press conference on Baskonia – Panathinaikos, but Ataman stressed that he never talks about other coaches. CORVERSE Ataman’s statements About whether he expects a reaction from his team after the defeat in Barcelona: “No, I don’t expect any reaction, it’s a different game, on a different pitch, with a different coach. Coach Lasso is very experienced. Basconia is not in the good position, but at its headquarters she plays better. It’ll be a different game, our team will play their basketball. I therefore hope that we will find a fair atmosphere for all of us and try to win.” For Barcelona’s defense, the defense he expects from the Basques and how his players will compete: “Every team plays offensive defense. This is the reality in Euroleague. The important thing is to do everything within basketball rules. I’m sure tomorrow will be different. You cannot play in every game, as we played in the second place in Barcelona.” How difficult it is for the “greens” to forget what happened in the “Palau Blaugrana”: “I never stay in the past, I always think about what follows. Okay, if we won, it would be important. But we’re still ahead of many teams. We’re on the same record as three teams. It is important by the end of the season to win wins, to be in good standing, in view of the playoffs. It is very important not to think about how we talk about it because we lost in Barcelona. We’ve lost enough game this year. We lost on other fields. However, yesterday was strange in the second place. I only reacted for it. We’re talking about a basketball game, Barcelona is a good team, nominated for the Final Four. In games there are two results, victory and defeat. Yesterday we lost, tomorrow we will try to win.” CORVERSE About Pablo Lasso’s comment on Medici Difalas: “Lasso is very experienced, much more experienced than other colleagues commenting on my statements. I expect the respect of other coaches. Everyone may have their opinion, but I never talk about other coaches and what they say. I’ll never talk about what Lasso says. That’s his opinion. I respect him, he is one of the most experienced in the league and he is also my very good friend.” To try to get the ball out of Kendrick Nan’s hands: “It was the first time that he was framed so much, with two and three players. There are times when players aren’t on their best day. Kendrick missed some free shots, got nervous about some situations everyone saw. We saw some of them today in social media. It’s normal that players like that get angry, lose their comfort. She wasn’t comfortable on the floor. Referees must protect basketball, aggressive basketball. Euroleague is one of the best events, it is very close to the NBA. But if you leave games, as in Part II yesterday, these players will not show their skills and people will not see the show.” For his team’s “must” against Baskonia and the Basque match with Olympiacos: “It was a different game with Olympiacos. Baskonia was more in control, without her best scorer, Marcus Howard, but also without Tantas Sentekerskiss. I don’t know if they’ll fight tomorrow. They were a different team in that game, but they played well.”