Fenerbahce Beko’s head coach Dimitris Itoudis, who defeated Anadolu Efes 93-90 in the 12th week of the Turkish Insurance Basketball Super League in the match that went to overtime, said that they played well in the first 3 periods, although they made their opponents partners in the game in the last quarter of the fight, but they made good use of the second chance and won the match. .
Making a statement to the members of the press after the match at Ülker and Sports Event Hall, Itoudis stated that they generally kept the match under their control and played well for 3 quarters and said, “Unfortunately, the matches do not consist of 3 quarters. So congratulations to the players. But we made a mistake at the end of the 3rd quarter, we let Cluyburn score. They got the rhythm and it was 8-0. At the plus 20, we had zero fouls. We missed a lot of free throws and we got the ball. It’s starting to get heavy.” said.
Itoudis stated that Anadolu Efes is a very good team and consists of a very good head coach and very good players.
“We were supposed to foul in the last game, but we couldn’t and Clyburn scored 3 points. But we took our second chance right. We need to make free throws better, we need to work on that. Our opponent scored 19 out of 19. We need to play better in this regard. But the important thing is; At the moment, our players are healthy, we can train fully. Due to the program, we have the chance to train fully. Because we were not able to train. Jekiri will also undergo an operation. We wish him a healthy and happy return to us.”
Itoudis, when asked about the Bologna match they will face in the THY Europa League, said, “Our topic right now is the Turkish league. Let’s stay here for now. We need to talk to the players, we need to work. We will talk about this when we have a chance next time.” replied.
Calathes: “We knew this game was important”
Fenerbahce Beko’s playmaker Nick Calathes also pointed out that Anadolu Efes is a very good team, “We knew that. There is great competition between both teams. We were aware of that. It was an important match for points.” used the phrases.
Reminding that they had bad losses in the last few games, Calathes said, “We knew this game was important for us to pick up where we left off.” made its assessment.