At the moment, the series up to three victories is tied – 2:2. In the fifth match, PAO will also have the so-called sixth player – the fans who will fill the OAKA arena.
It may be a little easier for the Athens team because Juancho Hernangomez, who was not in the match in the capital of Serbia, will return to the line-up because he went to do additional research.
However, E. Ataman was happy before the important duel that the basketball player would participate in the “final”. True, it is obvious that he is not 100%. ready for such matches and it is not yet clear how much he will be used.
“It was a very good series, now we have the home court advantage again because we got a big win in Belgrade.” We won a lot of important games this year at OAKA, but Maccabi is also a very big team and we will play 100% to win the game.
Maccabi is a very aggressive team that scores a lot of points. I don’t think that Maccabi have to be limited to a certain number of points. I just want us to score more points than them”, said the strategist.
When asked to discuss the situation of the Maccabi club, which will meet the decisive match without the leader Wade Baldwin, E. Ataman focused on his pupils.
“I always talk about my team, not about the opponent,” said the Turkish strategist. – We will see what players are on the floor and play our game. It is not important for me to know which of the opponents will play or not. We have to improve and not repeat the mistakes of the previous games, but to be honest, I don’t want to change all my tactics.”
E. Ataman has already loudly declared that if “Panathinaikos” does not reach the final four, he will leave the team. For him, this could be just another extra push to win.
“It will be a tough match. I think we deserved to be in this position from the whole season, we played good basketball and finished second, which is a big success for Panathinaikos. But we want more,” he said.
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