Coach Duran, Joventut: 'We played with a good attitude'
Joventut Badalona head coach Carles Duran:
"This is a great victory for us. It’s difficult to play here because Reyer is a very good team. In the first half, the worst part for us was the turnovers. But we controlled the rebounds and defended Granger and Bramos very well. We played better on offense and defense in the second half. But we lost the control of the rebounds, especially the last quarter, and we made some easy mistakes. But the team played with a good attitude and controlled the game the whole game."
Umana Reyer Venice head coach Neven Spahija:
"First off congratulations to Badalona for the win. They deserved this win. They were consistently a better team than us. I cannot say we didn’t fight. We tried. But at this level, to play against such an important and strong team, you have to make some shots. If you do not make at least some layups - I think today we missed more threes and layups in all the games since I came here - it’s too big an advantage for them. And because of that they won. In the first half, we had some problems with their offensive rebounds - they had 8. We did reduce that in the second half, but our inconsistent shooting under the basket and three-pointers killed us today."