


"I mean, it is very difficult to explain. I am proud of my players, my team, my organization. Turkish people came over here and supported us, but I would really like to give this win to the people that we lost on the big earthquake. Whoever we lost, I don't know, it seems like more than 50,000 people that we lost, for their honor. We tried to honor them, and this is for their memory. That is all I am going to say.
"Again, I am proud of my players. They did it, they won and succeeded. They need to get all the credit, I love them. Of course, Prometey is one of the toughest teams in the EuroCup competition. They haven't lost in 30 games, I believe, and 13 in the EuroCup. So it is obvious how tough it was, and we played on the road. We were locked in and every single possession mattered to us. We took care [of the game] in the right way. Again, this is only one game and we need to win the next one. We want to focus on the next one. As I said from the beginning, I am not naming one player, we are a team, so every single one needs to give everything, whatever is needed. It is not one name because the whole season, it has been teamwork."
"We wanted to isolate on Bouteille [in the final play] and didn't make the shot. That's life in basketball. I think all the respect goes to the players, they made a great job with all the problems that we had. We played against great teams, they made some big shots, we played good defense and then they made them. That's life, we played a great season and I hope next season, we will continue like this.
"Congratulations to Telekom. They won this game, I don't know if they deserved it or not, but they won this game, so congratulations and good luck to them. I think that it was a typical playoff game, semifinal, a lot of ups and downs. They made some big shots and we didn't, one-on-one, Bouteille... it is part of the game. In the end, when the game went here and there, the little things [made the difference]. I think we missed too many free throws today.
"In the end, to summarize the season, I am proud of my players and what they did, proud of the organization and the fans. In the beginning, I think we had 500 people, and you saw people coming. Everybody will think about this game and remember it for weeks but in the end, we need to be proud of our season."
"I am just excited we got the win and I am good. I am good to go! It was a total team effort. You see, down the stretch, different guys made different plays and we came out on top. One more game! We have 40 more minutes! Forty more minutes!"