Alpha Diallo, Monaco: 'It was a great up-and-down game'
Sasa Obradovic, AS Monaco head coach
"Good, and the best, is always to win. We won, that is what counts the most, even though sometimes you dislike the way you win, but it's a win. So no matter in these conditions and understanding the opponent, who didn't have anything to lose, they could play even more loose. And for us, it was a must-win [game], like you could see. It is not really the way I want, but okay, hopefully the next one is going to be different, but still with a win!
"We had to win. First, it is not easy to play against them, because they don't have any pressure. Especially with some small-ball lineups, it is not easy to handle everyone all the time, even tactically. Okay, we won all four quarters, which is good. On the other hand, we had a good rotation in the team, with all the guys playing. A win like this sometimes looks good, sometimes looks so-so. I wanted to have even more aggressiveness on defense to give us a bigger opportunity to finish the game earlier. Sometimes, we gave them a chance to run, which is what they wanted. The moments in which we were playing great defense, then everything was much easier. I want the team to reach 20 wins as soon as possible, which would mean maybe a ticket to the playoffs. As soon as possible, we want to get to 20 and then we will see what the other results will give us; maybe something more. It is not going to be easy, our next opponent [Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz] is extremely tough, especially at home. Even their playing style doesn't fit us too much, so we have to be really smart and not play the way we did tonight. It has to be much different."
Christos Serelis, Panathinaikos Athens head coach
"I think that we didn't control the game the way we wanted. We played better in the third quarter, started very well, but we didn't play for 20 minutes the way that we planned.
"We knew from the beginning that we had to play a very tough game against a very good team. We wanted to control our defensive rebounds and avoid easy mistakes. Unfortunately, we had problems with that. We lost 14 defensive rebounds and had 18 turnovers. We had one good third quarter. We tried a lot and also had an opportunity to go in front, but at the end, in the fourth quarter, we didn't play with discipline defensively and we lost the game. Also, I believe that the three players that didn't play today – [Arturas] Gudaitis, [Dimitrios] Agravanis and [Nate] Wolters – are three experienced players. It was difficult to play without them."
Donta Hall, AS Monaco center
"We have to keep building off tonight's game. Still, there are some things we can fix, we know we can fix, and we will. We have to keep moving forward and look to the future. We have another one on Friday [on the road at Baskonia], so let's do it! Like I said, we have some small pieces that we know we have to fix together."
Alpha Diallo, AS Monaco forward
"It was a great up-and-down game. I am glad we got out with the win. We started getting stops and then we ran some [things in] transition; that opened up the game for us."