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Coach Schmidt, London: 'I am proud of our guys'
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London Lions head coach Ryan Schmidt:
"It always feels good to win, especially here at home. It was a good turnout for us, another good crowd for EuroCup. I am proud of our guys. I thought the effort was really good. Sloppy first half offensively, but again, we showed some resilience, some poise in the second half and did what we needed to do to get a win. They say we clinched [a playoffs spot] tonight but we know we still have some games to go. Our goal, obviously, was to get to the playoffs but like I said earlier, we want to be trending on playing our best basketball when we get to March. Again, this is a step in the right direction and we still got some time until playoff basketball starts, so we have to keep improving.
"I thought I am pleased with our overall effort. And to me, the thing that stands out is the contributions from the entire team. That's something that I think we have been struggling with in this competition, especially as of late, so we made some adjustments to our rotation. It wasn't that anyone did anything wrong but I just feel that we needed some more balance with that second unit. There were games that we started really well, the second unit came in, we had a drop-off and vice versa. We would start slow and get a lift from that second unit. Moving Luke [Nelson] and 'Zuba' [Tomislav Zubcic] to that second unit, I was hoping that would kind of give us some balance, where we would get some consistency, and we did. If you look at the stats sheet, and you got 15 points, 14 points, 14, 17... it is just the balance, I thought it was really good. And I thought it helped us with our consistency on the defensive end as well. We sustained that effort but again, anytime you get a win in this competition, it is satisfying, and being able to do it at home was really cool. We just have to continue to build on it. Again, we have a few games left before playoffs but there are conversations internally, as a team, if we can be training in the right direction come March and again, this is a step in the right direction."
Veolia Hamburg Towers head coach Benka Barloschky:
"First of all, congratulations to the London Lions. Deserved win. We knew it was going to be a physical battle. London has a very big team in every position, very physical, very athletic. That is what we tried to prepare for. Obviously, our percentage from two-point range wasn't high enough tonight. We tried to find the one run that would get us a little bit going. We didn't find it and had plenty of opportunities. I like the fight in the team. I like the way we competed, especially on the defensive end. We created enough opportunities but tonight, we couldn't find the one run that could have got us a little closer in the end. For us, it's, first of all, back to domestic competitions in the BBL, and we have to make sure that we protect our own energy. That is what we tried tonight, I am very happy with that, always try to find a way, and we did, to stop runs, to create runs ourselves, and that's what we did tonight, and that is what we have to keep for the next game in the BBL. I love it [the atmosphere], it's a great arena and everybody is crazy well-dressed, I recognized. So that's nice to look at, and you guys are doing a good job, it is a good atmosphere to play, I liked it."
London Lions center Kosta Koufos:
"We came out and played hard tonight. Fortunately tonight, we picked it up on defense until the end. We all played well together and we needed this win. It was a must-win for us. We have to turn the page and move on to just keep improving to the playoffs. They have great bigs, great players and are well-coached. I got a lot of respect for their teams that are in the EuroCup. There are a lot of great players in the EuroCup but whatever chance I have, [I will] play what I can whenever coach gives me minutes and fortunately tonight we came out with a win."
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