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Sasha Vezenkov, Olympiacos: 'We played really solid defense'
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Olympiacos Piraeus head coach Georgios Bartzokas
"It is always important how many possessions you give, how many second chances they have. In the first half, they had too many. We just had to do our job defensively, getting the ball and just playing. Passing the ball, we had a lot of assists in the third quarter. Canaan was great, shooting the ball from a lot of spots, and finally, we managed to control the pace and manage to win by a difference of more than 10 points, which is not easy against such a good team. We will analyze this game tomorrow, but I think Game 2 will be even more difficult. Of course, the first game for the home-court team is under big pressure, because you have to protect whatever you achieved the whole year. But, we are happy we won today, but we need to be very consistent in the second game."
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul head coach Dimitris Itoudis
"Congratulations to Olympiacos. The momentum that Canaan made by hitting consecutive three-pointers, but in general, Olympiacos found open looks, five in a row if I am not mistaken, that we over-helped for no reason. It was not our strategy. It gave them an extra boost. We came back, but not completely back. We have to stay focused, they are such a team that can hurt you in a second."
"We came very well prepared, focused on trying to create as much as possible problems to Olympiacos, offensively and defensively. And we managed to do that. We were playing against the best team in the league, playing the most consistent basketball. Olympiacos was, and is, a team that does not need to use many dribbles to score points, and we tried to create a little bit different options for them. In the first half, we did manage to do this, but in the third quarter the momentum of 5 three-pointers, which was a mistake of losing concentration and losing connection between a creator and spot shooters. And that moment it was Canaan, and Vezenkov hit a three-pointer.
"In a game where Olympiacos scored more than 20 points in only one quarter, we were better in rebounds, even in assists, but 14 turnovers hurt us to just 5 steals, and Olympiacos had 7 of each. That's a big thing. At least we got something from the game that we can work on for the second game, but it was a lost opportunity in the way how we wanted the game to go. But Olympiacos found a way."
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Donta Hall attacks the rim! Motorola Magic Moment
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Hall throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
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Nikola Milutinov with the slam – and one! Motorola Magic Moment
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Talen Horton-Tucker rocks the rim! Motorola Magic Moment
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What a dunk from Horton-Tucker! Motorola Magic Moment
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How on earth, Evan Fournier! Motorola Magic Moment
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Baldwin beats the buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
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Donta Hall with the explosive put-back dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
Olympiacos Piraeus forward Sasha Vezenkov:
"It is just 1-0. No excitement, no emotions, no feelings. I know it is hard, but it is just 1-0. Fener has great players, great coach, they will come back. I think today we played a really solid defense. I think we need to repeat it even more. To see out mistakes, so we will be prepared for Game 2."
Olympiacos Piraeus guard Isaiah Canaan:
"This is just one game. I give credit to all my teammates for finding me. They know all I got to do is see one go through and anything can happen. For them to keep looking for me after I made a couple, I give them credit. It is just one game, we got another game Friday, and that game is just as important as this one."