Bologna –
Coach Sergio Scariolo spoke in the press conference after the win over Tortona: “A very tough game, we won against an excellent team that made life difficult for us. We were good at creating a lot of three-point shooting opportunities, which is something we are working on with a series of actions that can free our shooters. Then you also need the talent of, for example, Marco to put them in. These are games in which you know that the opponent will come prepared, we had a poor day to prepare for it, these are positive things, like having stretched the lead over the team that follows us in the standings. A special compliment to Daniel Hackett who made a great effort to be there, he made a good contribution and as far as possible he was good at stopping Christon who had an incredible night. A game made rough by some refereeing decisions? On the hot refereeing I can answer that I have seen all kinds of things: it is right, however, not to draw a final conclusion because it must be reviewed coldly without forgetting the circumstances that have left me open-mouthed many times. We will review the match and then make our considerations, not necessarily publicly. Pajola? The doctors and physiotherapists do a great job, as they did with Hackett tonight. They’ll do the same with Pajo: he’s a player who we can be sure that if he doesn’t make it, he might say he’ll make it but then he doesn’t. Important victory in view of the Euroleague? We must be able to reset quickly, every game: now is a phase in which everyone is playing for something, to get into the playoffs, a better position in the standings, we have seen Fenerbahce who like other teams tighten the screws to the maximum. We have to prepare and do our best to present ourselves in the best possible way.”
