Coach Canak, Lietkabelis: 'The best medicine'

7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys head coach Nenad Canak:
"Of course, I am happy about that win. It is a very important win for us. As you know, we are really struggling in our national championship and for us, a victory is always the best medicine. I am very happy because we didn't give up at minus-11. Things were not going how we want but guys showed character and I think we deserved that win. At this moment, we don't know the situation with [Gediminas] Orelik but [Jamel Morris] stepped up, [Paulius] Murauskas played well his minutes. Great win for us."
Umana Reyer Venice head coach Gianluca Tucci:
"We were unlucky because details made this game. The game is there, so everybody can watch how many triples touched the rim twice or three times before going in and out. It is important to be sure that we have 100% of our team spirit, our way to approach a new course. It is clear that we also need to be luckier, but I am happy for our game. Everybody gave 100% of effort."
7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys guard Jamel Morris:
"I think everybody had a good effort today. I think we fought hard for four quarters. We didn't give up, everybody played together. I thought we got stops when we needed to get stops. We made some adjustments in the second half, they helped us, and of course, we had to make shots, but I am just glad that everybody, from the first guy to the last guy, came in and contributed. Everybody did well and did their job. That's a good team to beat and we are happy for it. We had a good team meeting after our last game and just kind of looked at ourselves in the eyes and had a good soul searching-type meeting. Slowly but surely, everybody is just buying in, everybody is playing together and fighting hard for each other, not worrying about outside things that we can't control. We are just controlling everything amongst ourselves, and I think we took a step forwards today."