This is what the protagonists of the game had to say after such a close deal down the stretch.
Post-Game Quotes: Virtus 83-82 Bourg
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Sergio Scariolo, Virtus Segafredo Bologna
“I am pleased with this win. It was not easy at all. No game in this EuroCup is easy. You have to fight, you have to have concentration, you have to play with heart, you have to play with your brain connected because you have talent in any opponent. And they can have a scoring run at any time. If you are not in control and have concentration lapses once in a while you will pay for it. I think we built up an excellent late-game lead. We were up 7, 8 points in a pretty comfortable situation. Unfortunately, we probably thought the game was over a little bit too early. We made a couple of avoidable mistakes - even from pretty experienced players. But at the end of the day, the team proved that it has heart. We went down by 6 points at some point and we didn’t lose our composure. We just turned up our defense a couple of levels. And we turned the game in our favor with 10-12 minutes of pretty good defense in the second half.”
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Gerald Simon, Assistant Coach Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse
“I think we had a great, great first half. On defense, I asked my players to stop the transition and break for Virtus because they play a lot like that. I think we did a good job on that. I regret the third quarter. I think we had a lot of great looks but we hesitated. You lose the timing of the offense and it was impossible to play like this. But we fought until the end. We pushed Virtus for 40 minutes and showed great spirit. We scored a lot of points. It was a great thing for us because we have had some problems on offense in the French league. And I think we can be proud of the job we did.”
Kyle Weems, Virtus Segafredo Bologna
“I am just happy I was able to come through for my team after an easy ball I should have got [and resulted in a turnover]. But a win is a win. It’s on to the next game.”
