Aleksander Balcerowski, Gran Canaria: 'It was a lot of hard work out there'

Gran Canaria head coach Jaka Lakovic:
"We are happy with the win. We respect [Paris] and we entered the game very strongly and with a great mentality. This translated into having a good game. Paris is a good team, they missed three very important players and their presence would have made things different. But it is what it is, we will take the win. Offensively we were good but there is always something to improve. Tonight we are happy, tomorrow is a new day."
Paris Basketball head coach Will Weaver:
"They’re an exceptionally good team, one of the best in Europe. Very well coached, they are deep and they shot the ball extremely well tonight. My only disappointment is that we didn’t have a healthy enough team to compete with these guys in either game we played. In the first game we were missing three players and tonight we were missing five. Maybe there will be an opportunity for these two teams to meet again and if there is, I’ll look forward to it.
"It’s the first time for the team and the first time for me coaching in this competition, so we look forward to it every week. The competitiveness of it, the professionalism, the depth of teams capable of beating each other on any given night, we love the EuroCup and we are excited with the chance to get to the playoffs. To compete with the other teams on the other side of the bracket.
"We have two games a week which is new to most of our players. We’re a very young team, one of the youngest in France as our average age is 23 years old. I am trying to behave the way I want them to behave, which is to focus on recovery tonight and move on tomorrow."
Gran Canaria head coach Aleksander Balcerowski:
"We came out really strong making those shots in the first half, we got efficiency from three-pointers and pick-and-roll. We guarded them really well and in the second half, we carried on like in the first period. We took the win in what looked like an easy game but it wasn’t easy, it was a lot of hard work out there. I am happy that we won and scored so many points because it will give confidence to everybody."