Zeljko Obradovic said once again proud of the effort made by the players and emphasized that CSKA was more lucky and won in the end … All credit to the players gave Zeljko Obradovic, who at the press conference congratulated them for made the effort! also did not want to talk about the last phase Diamantidis confused and lost the ball, stressing that he sees the game overall, and did not mention arbitration.
"We knew that before the Final Four would be difficult to match. Have made a great effort for this race. Knew how difficult it was to confront how difficult match and how difficult it was to make a good game. We played very well tonight with two-pointers and three-pointers be in good statistics, "Obradovic said and continued:
"I am proud of my players showed their character. Small details have played a key role. I want to congratulate CSKA had luck on their side. I want to thank but our fans who supported us, but to congratulate the players I ".
Asked if tonight was the end for Panathinaikos against CSKA in, commented: "Yes it was final because both teams wanted the win too. I can say comfortably that seemed more than a final and semifinal."
Asked about what happened at the end of the match: "We had a lot of attention the last attack or the last ten minutes, is something that happens in every game. Surely every second if you look around the race is important, not only in the last 8 seconds. "
The people said in the Euroleague "Zots"
The coach of Panathinaikos, however, after the exit of the hall had a discussion with people of the Euroleague, who expressed his disappointment for the arbitration of the match.
Kazlauskas: "We are happy"
In sailing the seas of happiness Jonas Kazlauskas, who said after the match: "We are very happy that we won the race. Will play Sunday in the final.
There began the race well, we could not control our anxiety. We received a lot of pressure. We play another game against Panathinaikos, which has the same coach on his team. We missed many easy points.
At first we could not put the tactics that we said from before the race. He was very anxious. If Teodosic had not missed both shots, the match would be easiest I think. "
Asked for Kirilenko and a great contribution to victory: "Great happiness is in the group Kirilenko. He was very anxious to get started, I had talked and I told him to get rid of the anxiety. I told him to think he has played in very large groups and that the team needs him. I think in the second half benefited what I said.
We are a team, but we also have key players such as Svent. We will check the situation better than today. This group was the best. I respect all the teams at this level. Now concentrate on the next race. Although our performance was good from the start will be different things and I could tell. "
For what he told his players to awaken them: "I told them that we are very poor in defense and we were really slow. I told them that they could do right attacks. Asked them to talk to talk to them to control race. "
Asked about his injury Krstits commented: "Tomorrow we will see if it really hurt. Of course I want to play a few more minutes, but was injured. Saturday will decide whether to play or not."