Bologna –
After the win with Ulm, Coach Scariolo spoke in a press conference: “I congratulate Ulm and their coach for the excellent playoffs they played. They scored, they never gave up, they used their physicality and proved to be a competitive team. Our defense was really good in the second half where we also controlled rebounds and turnovers. We missed a lot of open shots with our best shooters: Pajola and Shengelia scored and they are definitely not our best shooters. Congratulations to the fans, a real factor and I would really like to express my gratitude for the continuous support. In such a difficult, competitive and complex EuroCup to be in the top four is a step we have taken, not obvious and not easy. Then we know that the next round will put us against one of the best and we will need everyone: we will have to compete physically and mentally. It’s hard to think we can repeat a win with a shooting performance like that. Jaiteh? They were very aggressive on Milos and Beli so they were freeing up space. JaKarr also did a great job. It was good of our outsiders to look for Sampson and Jaiteh and they converted.”
