“I prefer the character of the team, not to give up after a stick as important as that of the Euroleague”, he valued
The Lithuanian coach stated that “we must control” and “fight” against episodes of racism such as those suffered by Nnaji
After winning the title of Endesa League by winning the third game of the final against Real Madrid, Sarunas Jasikeviciuscoach of barcapraised the work of his players, who have managed to put into practice “the best game of the season”, although he regretted the racist insults his player received james naji at the entrance to the pavilion, something that was the focus of his press conference after the crash and that he considered a “serious” event.
“The second game was a huge display of character after the hard stick from Kaunas (when they lost the Euroleague) and then the team has been able to recover and we have even played our best basketball of the season”, summarized the Lithuanian coach, who added that the semifinal series against Unicaja and the atmosphere of Martín Carpena “prepared very well ” to his team for the final.
He admitted feeling “enormous happiness” because the League player “It’s an important title and you always have to win something when you’re at a big club” and he opined that the season is “exactly” as they had planned with the mole that they did not live up to “a single match”, in reference to their defeats against Real Madrid in the Euroleague Final Four and against Unicaja in the King’s Cup
“I prefer the character of the teamif we didn’t give up after a stick as important as that of the Euroleague, it was noticeable that from the next day and since then we have gone further”, he added.
Asked about the great role played by Nikola Mirotic in the final despite the fact that he knew that it would be his last games with the Barça shirt, he said that the Spanish-Montenegrin “he has brought out the best of himself when things were worse for him and there was more noise around him”.
jasikevicius He also regretted some racist insult received by Nnaji when the team arrived at the WiZink Center. “It is a regrettable thing, it cannot be, I hear him talking about Vinicius a lot and now we have to talk about what’s going onBecause this has to stop now.”
“This does not go with the values of Real Madrid and its followers and we must be very angry. This can’t be, I don’t care if he’s a Real Madrid or Barça player or from another team, it can’t be, we have to control this and fight against this and we’re going to do it because this is more important than the title. James is a terrific boy and we want this to stop and stop talking about it,” he added.