The Barça manager, Sarunas Jasikevicius, was proud of his men’s reactionwho this Sunday defeated Coosur Betis at the Palau Blaugrana (83-63) after falling two days ago in Kaunas against Zalgiris, the bottom team in the Euroleague.
“Today we played with a good mentality and attitude, a little more physical than in recent games. We had to react and we didJasikevicius explained at the conclusion of the match.
However, the Lithuanian coach was ambitious: “For our club it is not enough. It would be nice to get on a winning streak, but the most important thing is to do it by playing better.. Today has been a good step, but we have to continue to try to get into a better dynamic”.
Good defense
Asked about what he liked most about the meeting, the Lithuanian highlighted the defense for having conceded 63 points, when “they were putting us above 80 after the Cup”and also the contribution of some usual secondary ones.
“Some players are recovering sensations. Rolands (Smits), Álex (Abrines) and Sergi (Martínez) have been good. Now, to work a little on consistency and not lose concentration,” said Jasikevicius.
The Barça coach highlighted the reaction of his players in the third quarter, when after conceding four “free” points in the first 40 seconds they left Coosur Betis in another fouror as many during the rest of the period.
“You always have to react”
“8 points in a quarter is a very good defense, above all what I liked was the reaction after the timeout. When you have so many games you are not going to play all the games well, but you always have to react and not repeat mistakes. HOh, to learn from everything. Today I liked the team,” said Jasikevicius.
On the other hand, the coach of the Barça team threw a dart at his boys, since in his opinion “andAt this moment the players are doing just enough to win and go to the next game.”
Finally, Jasikevicius did not dare to venture when he will return withn the group the injured Pierre Oriola, although he revealed that “he is training something with the subsidiary”.