Milan, January 05 –

Coach Sergio Scariolo spoke at the press conference after the game against Milano: “It was a good game, it honored basketball even with obvious difficulties on both sides. We did everything we could to give people a good image. It wasn’t a foregone conclusion, there was pride and competitiveness, and a desire to overcome obstacles. Milan deserved the victory. Then the percentages are similar, the rebounds are similar, the assists are similar. The difference was made by some trivial lost balls and – obviously – experience. I appreciated the team’s effort to keep competing and to answer blow after blow to the opponents. We had confidence in our possibilities, then the game was resolved on a shot that came out spinning on the iron. We congratulate our opponents and keep working.
Belinelli? He had a great game, they were very prepared against him. And Melli had a great game against Teodosic. We did our thing, maybe still in defense – no maybe – we make avoidable mistakes, and here we have to grow. The key? We probably lost 2-3 times in rebounding, after good defenses we conceded the offensive rebound.”