Andrea MAZZON
Avtodor head coach:
“We played very good first half and executed what we supposed to do. We controlled the board allowing the opponents to take only 2 offensive rebounds and were playing really well in offense. Yes, we missed 5 of 10 free throws in the first 20 minutes but we ran and scored. We started the second half with tension. We had a chance to make two or three baskets in the first possession of the third quarter but missed every shot. Beside that defensively we made too many mistakes letting them to shoot and we were not able to run from our defense to offense like we did in the first half. Orlandina Basket scored 6 out of 10 three-pointers in the last 20 minutes. 60% from the arc by the visitors is definitely our mistake.

Honestly speaking I didn’t understand a lot of calls from the referees tonight, but it’s not time to talk about this. We missed too many open shots in the second half that we were making in the first half. If you don’t make shots, that’s a problem. We also can’t shoot 50% from the free-throw line especially at home. Now we have to go in Italy and win. We won in Cyprus, we won in Montenegro and now we will just try to win in Italy as well. Really we experience no fear before Game 2.”