Bartzokas for Olympiacos’ victory in Kaunas: We talked in the locker room, we had patience and we stayed in the plan.

Making a terrible second half, he returned from -14 and escaped from the seat of Zalgiris Kaunas (92-85), in a match for the 19th race in Euroleague. George Bartokas referred to the problems Olympiacos faced in the first 20 minutes of the match, while commenting that the health of the players is important, so that the team can claim its goals. CORVERSE George Bartzokas stated: “We talked in the locker room and said we can’t allow that. We had two problems. We allowed them to find many free three points, no matter how they took the offensive rebounds. It happened in Part Two, but we couldn’t let them shoot 65% in the three-pointer for 40 minutes. We were patient, we played our game, we stayed in the race plan. I think this victory is very important. It was our second consecutive win in the second round of EuroLeague. After Milan we won here too, which is very important. We lost a rebound, there was a misunderstanding between Vezenkov and Williams… Goss, Zalgiris put on a lay-up, made a tough defense at the center of the field, which I think was foul and finally put a three-pointer in the transition. We were up front with 4 points if I remember at that point and then scored, so we finally got the win. Maybe it was the key to winning. Yeah, we had a lot of injuries in the first round. It was difficult with the physicality that exists in all groups and the very difficult program that exists. Now we’re playing away again in less than 48 hours for the championship, so we need to be healthy. It also takes some luck to be healthy.”