Pre-Game quotes: Fenerbahce vs. Milan
Dimitris Itoudis, Fenerbahce head coach
"We are playing this postponed game and it is for us pretty much a back-to-back game against a team that was built to fulfill the task like they did in the last three years to achieve Playoffs and Final Four. It is a team that has tons of experience, talent and good automatisation. For us it is a must-win game, if we want to do something in the EuroLeague this year and to be in the Playoffs, we need to be alert. Compared with the first game we played in Italy, they have a completely different team. They have Shabazz Napier as a new player, plus Billy Baron is back, Brandon Davies and many other players that they have not played in the first game. For us it is a must-win game and must-win game means that we need to give it all, leave it all on the court."
Ettore Messina, Milan head coach
"We face one of the best teams in the competition, built around two experienced guards like Calathes and Wilbekin, with a lot of individual talent and firepower at every position, with physicality and depth among the bigs. Because of absences, again very affecting, we lost some of the rhythms that allowed us to win six straight games. However, in Istanbul, we want to play the best possible game, keep competing as we have always done, and try to improve regardless who is going to be out there."
Marko Guduric, Fenerbahce player
"Very important game for us. I can say that it is the game of the season. We have to protect our home court and I know that our fans will give us a huge support. They have some injured players like we do. In order to win this one, we have to be focused for 40 minutes."