Trieste –
At the end of the game with Trieste Coach Scariolo spoke at the press conference: “Congratulations to Trieste, they had a fighting attitude, they never gave up, putting us in some difficulty in the second half. When we lost concentration, because we went up by 20 so early, they were good at making life difficult for us. The plus/minus tells us that we need to work on balancing the performance of the first and second quintet. Whoever comes off the bench can do more, we have to work on that. We have to use the qualities we have for all 40′, as much as possible regardless of the quintet on the court. All the players are capable of helping the team when they are focused, committed to defense and willing to pass us the ball. A lot of good things and some things to work on. We were a little uneven in defensive transition when we lost a few too many balls. Some moments of lack of lucidity. Taking the game in the right way is fundamental, but sometimes you can get nervous if the opponents get dangerously close. I appreciate the final lucidity and the final defensive solidity, the quintet in the last 4 minutes put up a nice defensive wall.”
