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Matt Costello, Baskonia: 'I couldn't see the rim'
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Joan Penarroya, Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz head coach
"I am proud because we fought until the last second. We won the game in the last second, but our mentality was perfect. Little things decided the victory or the loss, but we are happy because this is an important victory for us in Madrid. Yes, Darius [Thompson] and Matt [Costello] were incredible, but for me, the most important is the team and the job our team did.
"We are obviously happy for the win and for the fight the team showed and its good mentality until the final second. We are also happy because it is our first win away from Buesa [Arena] in the EuroLeague this year, 2023. We played a solid game which, of course, we could have lost because there were some moments in which we were ahead, then Madrid was ahead, and it looked like Madrid took an important lead in the end to take the win. But we kept the faith and, in the end, it went down to small details. We will remember the final plays, that three-point shot by Matt [Costello], but the block by Daulton [Hommes] had against [Walter] Tavares was, for me, even more impressive. It is a good win, we are happy. We stay in the fight and have to rest, because we have another game on Friday."
Chus Mateo, Real Madrid head coach
"We turned the ball over too many times, lost too many rebounds on defense, and allowed too many threes, which they scored in clutch moments. They deserved the victory because they believed until the end. We had control in the end, but they scored 2 threes in a row and tied the game.
"We are upset for losing the game, obviously, but we have to see the positive side of what happened. I believe we didn't play the best game, especially on offense. We picked up too many turnovers, 17 turnovers... some of them, 4, I think, were offensive fouls. But in any case, we didn't pass the ball well, especially when looking for the low post. We had a lot of problems to put the ball in there. We also lost decisive defensive rebounds in key moments of the game. They punished us with three-pointers, so turnovers and offensive rebounds made them take more shots than us. I don't think they were better than us overall, but it's true they punished our mistakes: from turnovers to the rebounds they took away from us. They took more shots due to those circumstances and they shot very well from three-point range. It is something that we know we can do very well and, above all, we were not able to stop [Darius] Thompson in the first or the second half. He generated a lot of options and played very well. They took the win, and we hope it is different next time. They beat us twice in the EuroLeague and once in the Spanish League. I hope we can bounce back from this the next time we go against them."
Darius Thompson, Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz guard
"Huge team win for us! We fought until the very end. We could have easily given up when they made a big run but we stayed together and fought until the last second, like Coach told us before the game, and we came out with the win. It is hard to suck it all in right now but we came out with a win and Matt [Costello] hit a big shot. I am glad that he shot it with confidence. I just want to help my team win in any way that I can. We came out with a win, that's all it matters."
Matt Costello, Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz forward
"We are going swimming with our daughters tomorrow, I am really excited for that! I don't know, I couldn't see the rim [in the last shot]. I just saw Rudy [Fernandez] running at me, they flipped me the ball, so I just tried to get it up there as quickly as I could. But it went in, so we got the win. It feels really good, you know? We had a difficult time on the road this year, everybody knows, and so to come here and get a win against the top team in the EuroLeague, it feels really good."
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