Venice –
Coach Banchi spoke in a press conference after the game with Venice: “Obviously satisfied with ending this series, a balanced series. We coped with emergencies, increased by Zizic’s injury in the second quarter. Venice has quality players and a prepared staff: this shows that we have all the cards to compete. Beyond the particularity of these 4 games, we have the right confidence for the next step: it was not obvious, we found a tough and combative opponent. Tonight we produced a high-level collective effort. The previous contests had generated a state of frustration with our third quarters, as a coach I had to convey confidence: tonight it seemed to relive the usual movie, it seemed to enter a dangerous loop again, however, I continue to believe that we have all the qualities to stay in our game plan and structure, building on our qualities, including moral ones. I am pleased that this effort paid off with a victory. Tonight Venice started with charge and energy, we responded with patience and continuity: I understand the difficulties in keeping certain regimes for 40′ but we like the idea of imposing our basketball.”
