Kazys Maksvytis, Zalgiris Kaunas head coach
“Like we expected, it was a hard game. We had a plan in the fourth quarter: to pass the ball to [Edgaras] Ulanovas. Our captain was great, he helped us. We were lucky, but I think we deserved the win and we won twice, because we won the game and also the point-difference. Zvezda gave us big contact on both ends, good speed, good aggressiveness. We started to lose possessions, but as we have been doing all season, we fought until the end and we deserved the win. We expected somebody would take his [Keenan Evans’s] role and the captain did it."
Dusko Ivanovic, Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade head coach
"I think that tonight we started badly, and soft. When we played our defense, and with patience on offense, we got good results. It’s true that in the last 2 minutes we lacked ideas, we played nothing and [Edgaras] Ulanovas hit two three-pointers that decided the game.”
