The Barça coach recognized the good collective work of the team to take the victory
“We have to keep pushing at the Palau for the second game”, said the Lithuanian
The Barça coach, Saras Jasikevicius, was happy for the victory achieved at the Palau in the first game of the final (97-88) and for the good work done by his team as a whole.
“The difference in the game was the points,” he commented. “We have defended better in the second half, although they have scored some baskets at the end that brought them closer but we were more of a team,” said the Lithuanian coach.
“Now we have to continue with the same desire or more for the second game, with an incredible Palau of which I have no complaints & rdquor ;, he said in his first words on television.
Laprovittola, MVP
For his part, Nicola Laprovittola, chosen the MVP of the game with 19 points, recognized that “we are enjoying a lot, It is the last effort of the year and you have to give it your all”, he said.
“We have to keep playing together, it’s the only way to beat Madrid& rdquor; and acknowledged that “we have fought for every ball and we have seen Mirotic diving to the ground, Kalinic in the low post… we have all fought and it is a spirit that we have to maintain, and we must be physical to the fullest”, he concluded.