Our head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius evaluated the victory of Anadolu Efes – Fenerbahçe SK

Our head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius made a statement at the press conference held after the match where we beat Anadolu Efes 78-83 in the second week match of the 2024-25 Turkish EuroLeague season Airlines.

Evaluating the game and answering the questions, Jasikevicius said, “I congratulate the team and the fans. We started with a very good mindset. We had a fighting spirit except for the first minutes, but after that we were a team that supported each other and played for each other. We defended very well, we got ahead, but we will see how Anadolu Efes caught us after playing so well by watching the video tomorrow.

We are looking for LeBron James, but he said he can’t come because he has a contract with the Lakers. It was a good game but you are only interested in gossip. At least 17 names were written to come to Fenerbahçe, even 27, not 17. There was a big match, you might like to ask something about them.

Arturs Zagars is trying to stand out at the moment, he is going through very hard things in training. One day his nose bleeds, the other day his lips bleed. He was able to be hospitalized after the Olympiacos game. He gets hit a lot in training and games, but he defends himself well and stands tall. Today was his coming out party.

This point of the season is a bit like a living war. There are several problems. We must win and learn, lose and learn, look at the good and the bad. It wasn’t really a good win, but we have to learn from it. But a EuroLeague team cannot continue the season like this.

We have to be better under the basket. Actually, numbers 3 helped us a lot in this regard. Every game is really a learning process for us. We are currently understanding each other as coaches and as players.

We didn’t expect Tarik to be this good after the injury, but we tried to find a way with Wade and Zagars. Tarık’s return happened almost 4 weeks later. We expected him to play 15-17 minutes, but he came back well.

Actually, I did him an injustice by not mentioning him (Khem Birch). He was a very important factor in this game. He had a very simple game, both offensively and defensively. “He made important contributions in an away game with his physicality, diversity and rebounds.”