Anadolu Efes head coach Ergin Ataman, who was defeated 86-64 by Israel representative Maccabi Tel Aviv hosted by THY Europa League in the 28th week, said that they took risks by playing injured players.
Stating that they played a very important match, Ataman said, “Before the match, 3 players had serious injuries. We could not have played, but we took a gamble and the result was not as we wanted. Our opponent went up to 25 points after a great quarter. Our opponent deserved to win the game. He did us great harm in this part.” used the phrases.
Explaining that Micic has not been training with the team for 5 weeks, the experienced head coach continued:
“Micic wasn’t going to play today either. He told the medical team that he wouldn’t play, but I asked him last night. ‘I don’t want to play a match before I go to training.’ He said, but he did not break us. Unfortunately, he is not ready. Larkin was hospitalized on Monday due to appendicitis. After 2 days, the operation was abandoned at the last moment. He was not in a position to play psychologically. Beaubois also suffered an ankle injury. He wanted to play due to the importance of the match, but the injury recurred in the first half. “At the moment, I don’t know their situation. Micic has a problem in his knees, we expect him to play, but he can’t come to the right. Larkin’s appendicitis incident came as a surprise to us. As such, abnormal load was placed on Clyburn and Bryant. Naturally, they couldn’t handle it either. Play-off” “We are not far from the club. We have 4 home matches ahead of us. We asked the federation to postpone the league match, but they refused. Frankly, I don’t know what kind of squad we will play at the moment.”