Playoffs
Game 3
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Pre-Game quotes: Fenerbahce vs. Olympiacos
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Dimitris Itoudis, Fenerbahce head coach
"We are happy that we’re back in Istanbul for game three but we are aware that this series is long, playing against a great team and the leader of the EuroLeague regular season. We need to do many things well and we need to compete. We proved that we can compete, and that’s what we want to do; compete on the highest level and fight for each and every possession. They are still the favorites but we proved that we can compete."
Georgios Bartzokas, Olympiacos head coach
"We had some good practice sessions, but we had also practiced well before both games with Fener. Many times, it is a matter of the day you are having, approach, circumstance, coincidences, the opponent's performance... We have been preparing for one game, tomorrow's, and that's where we are focusing on. All coaches make small changes all the time. The same tactics Fenerbahce used against us in the last game was what they had used in the previous ones we had played, and we had won. I repeat, it is very important for the players to manage the intensity, the stress and the importance of the game. It is obvious that details play a very important role, just like they did in our last game. We did not play well, Feberbahce played very well, and the game was decided at the end on one possession. I expect difficult games, but they are going to be equally difficult for Fener."
Nigel Hayes-Davis, Fenerbahce player
"It’s going to be a really tough game as usual. Best team in EuroLeague all year. Luckily we were able to get a win so we have a formula or recipe to follow and it’s up to us. As I said after game one and two, to be disciplined. We have to be disciplined for 40 minutes and whichever team executes their game plan for the full game will be the one who wins and we want it to be us."
Kostas Papanikolaou, Olympiacos player
"We have been in this place before and we are all prepared and determined to go and win. It would be a mistake to change our basic approach when the season has been so good for us. The proper thing is to believe in all those things that have brought us here. There are certainly some parts of the game we have worked on, some mistakes and some parts of the tactic we approached differently compared to the two last games. For the most part though, it would not be wise for the team to change its identity over a lost game. We have lost other games during the season and this exact identity is what brought us where we are today."