Dante Exum, Partizan: 'This is a big one for us'

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade head coach Zeljko Obradovic
"We won, but we are very stupid. This is the way how we lost I don’t know how many games. And we watch how they score in the last second. Amazing. OK, the team fought, the team played good, we had advantage the whole game. And thanks to our people who came to the game to support us. An excellent atmosphere, I believe it was very good for the whole Europe to watch this big derby."
"Obviously, I am very happy we won, but I believe we came to the point we could win with a better point difference. Nedovic and Vildoza had good games, but the fact is we led the entire game and we played good, most of all smart, both on offense and defense. I felt we controlled the game. I am really sorry we could not defend a four-point difference; I hope we will take the lessons out of it. I am extremely pleased with our steals-to-turnover ratio. We had a big plus in that segment, but when you see it, it is unbelievable that this was the final score. But that's the beauty of basketball. Still, this win is good for our confidence, and every win against Zvezda is very important for us."
Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade head coach Dusko Ivanovic
"A tough game. I think Partizan played good, but I don't think we played the way we prepared the game. We played without patience, we had many many turnovers, and against a team like Partizan, you must pay."
"A big difference in steals and turnovers on both sides is where the margin was made. And it starts with us not playing with patience. I told my players to sleep calmly, we will have many more fights against them. The players gave their all. The only thing that we were missing was patience. In the atmosphere, we are the big winners. The crowd was fantastic, wonderful."
Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade forward Zach LeDay
"I just want to do whatever it takes to help my team win, whether it's giving my body, energy, effort, I will do whatever it takes for my team to win. I guess this shows up. Tonight we just played together. We just went through a tough stretch, we loss a lot of close games. But we stayed together as a unit. It is us vs. everyone. So we just keep trying to grow. This win is important for us as a group. The playoffs is great, but it is important for us as a group to keep moving forward and to know what we can do when we play together and we stay together as a unit."
Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade guard Dante Exum
"We gave up the lead but for what it's worth, it is hard to come in here and take a win. Their fans are crazy. I think for us to stick it out and take the win is big, a big one going forward. We knew it was going to be a fight, we knew it would be ups and downs during the game. You can't hear anything in here, so the biggest thing was to stay together. So, whenever we had a chance it was picking a guy up, telling him, 'Let's go, we got this'. And, we came out. I think this is how it starts, we've got to win games. This is a big one for us and onto the next one."