Thus Ettore Messina commented on the success against Efes: “A beautiful and important victory, even if probably Efes had less motivation. But in the third quarter they tried and we increased our advantage: a good sign. We are happy with the return of Delaney and Evans, now we are waiting for those of Roll and Hines ”.
The fourth place in the regular season: “A great regular season, with a great fourth place, in an even more difficult season in which 19 playoff wins were needed and we got 21. Decisive game? All the times we’ve won away from home. He has always given us more confidence. The victory with Real Madrid at home was important, there the team closed around the most experienced players. But I think the away victories show you that you can play it with everyone. There is still a lot of work to be done, but now we present ourselves with credibility ”.
Delaney’s return: “A great job of all the medical staff, we also pushed on the recovery work because he is important to us. With him, everyone goes back to the designated box ”. Hines’ condition: “He is doing therapy. I don’t think he can play on Sunday and Wednesday, we hope to have him next weekend “. A little problem for Datome in the match: “He had a calf resentment, it seems for a blow. Touching everything, it is not a muscle injury ”.
The playoff series with Bayern: “The plane? Those are things in the past, we will have press conferences on schedule. Who knows how sorry they are in Barcelona, that Madrid fell in the rankings. The home factor is not decisive, the two games played do not make much text, in the collective imagination it will be fighting against the belief ‘so much is Bayern, when it happens again’. You can win or lose, the details will decide. They play very well together, very well trained. It’s interesting, there will be a completely unexpected team in the Final Four, us or Bayern. And this is a good thing for the Euroleague, because if they are always the same, you lose interest ”.
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