Saras Jasikevicius, Barcelona: 'The guys dug deep and found a way to win'
Saras Jasikevicius, FC Barcelona head coach
"This is obvious that this was the key [being better on defense in the fourth quarter]. I thought we were a little bit more physical, a little smarter. Change the defense a little a bit, maybe I should have changed the defense a little bit earlier, I don't know. But, I think it's important to win these games, only if we learn from them. I thought for the majority of the game, Maccabi was playing Barca basketball: very patient, looking for the open man, controlling the rebounds, everything. Great basketball. And then we did that in the fourth quarter, so hat's off to the fellas. They really dug deep and found a way to win. It's very important [to react]. Like I said earlier, it's a game where a lot of things were going against us and we managed to win, so we'll take that. But, in 48 hours, there's another game against a very tough team [FC Bayern Munich], and we have to be better."
Oded Kattash, Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv head coach
"In the fourth quarter, that was unbelievable. We put the right amount of effort, but it's tough to win like that. That's really tough. It's really tough to win like that."
Cory Higgins, FC Barcelona guard
"They're a physical team. We didn't respond well in the first half, but we had a good reaction when it was time to win the game. Thankfully we got the win. These wins always build character. I liked how we stuck together in the tough moments; we weren’t really playing together in the first half, so I think that was the main thing for us. And happy birthday to my dad! A living legend."
Rokas Jokubaitis, FC Barcelona guard
"We didn’t play good. The most important thing is the win. How we played in the third quarter, we lost by a lot of points. In the fourth quarter, we felt the fans, we played great defense. We have a win, we didn’t play our best basketball and we have to step it up, but the win is the most important thing right now. In two days, we have an even more difficult game against Bayern; we always struggle against them, so it will be a difficult game, but we're ready to fight. We're ready to beat them in Palau [Blaugrana]."