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Barcelona coach Šarūnas Jasikevičius regretted the interruption of a series of seven Euroleague victories, but the strategist hopes to start a new good section.
Man of the match
On Friday night, Euroleague leaders Barcelona (8-2) stumbled 68:80 against ASVEL de Vilelban (2-6), who claimed their second victory.
“Congratulations to ASVEL and Coach TJ Parker,” said Jasikevičius after the match. – I think they deserved the victory, they were more physical on the field, well prepared for this type of situation. We talked before the game that ASVEL is one of the most physical or physical teams in the Euroleague. They have great talent and great fighters. Like I said before the game, I don’t think they deserve to be in last place. They lost many games in the decisive moment, even though they played basketball quite well.
Today, they played particularly well in attack. We have some things to blame for ourselves, but ASVEL has also hit very difficult shots. They had a lot more motivation, which is very painful. It’s very painful that we didn’t have the motivation to extend our great streak in the Euroleague game. Let’s hope we start a new series. “
ASVEL head coach TJ Parker was pleased that his students’ excellent work in training carried over to the game as well.
“I’m not surprised,” Parker said after the win. – We work well in training, we also have Norris Cole, who can help us both to accumulate points and to do little things. We did a great job on defense. We did everything we wanted to do, so the basketball players deserved it. If we beat Barcelona, who are in first place, we can beat any team. We tested it today. I am very happy with the players because they worked a lot in training. Against the best team in the Euroleague, against the best defense we were ahead of all the games. For the men, this is a well-deserved victory. “
Despite the defeat, Barcelona (8-2) remained in first place in the Euroleague. ASVEL climbed from last place to seventeenth.
Next week, Barcelona will arrive in Kaunas on Friday at 8pm. will meet with “Žalgiris”.
ASVEL will play a double week: Athens’ Panathinaikos will take home on Tuesday and Real Madrid will play Real Madrid on Thursday.
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