Ataman to Panathinaikos players: “Good victory in difficult condition, you showed character”

Olympiacos won 78-72 in OAKA for the Greek Basketball League, with him being satisfied with the result and also the cold appearance of his team, which lined up with many absences against the Piraeus team. Panathinaikos secured the seat advantage in the playoffs and Erkin Ataman congratulated his players in the locker room, while giving the signal for the difficult continuation in the Euroleague. CORVERSE In detail what the Turkish technician said: “Good job! Good victory because it was a difficult situation. You showed a great character, like Kostas Sloukas in the second part. We played as if it was a Euroleague game that we need to get the title once again. We also played great defense. In the attack we had some problems, but we played great defense. The owner of the team, Mr. Giannakopoulos, sent me a message. He wrote to me that you played like lions and he’s proud. You have his congratulations. Tomorrow (ed. today), players who played many minutes need rest. We’ll work individually with the others who didn’t play much. Those who played many minutes can rest because we still have a difficult game against Zalgiris. It’s a game we have to win. Enjoy this derby victory tonight. It’s an important victory for us, we got a big lead to finish in first place of the ranking. But by Wednesday morning we must prepare spiritually and physically for the race with Zalgiris. “ It’s just that I’ve been thinking. ”