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Coach Banchi spoke in press conference after the game against Alba Berlin<\/strong>: “A good win, the second in a row and the first at home to get ready for the next game. We started the game impressively, consistently and continuously, with a good quality of effort on offense and defense, controlling their talent. We did not come out of the locker room with the same level of energy, it was quite predictable that Berlin would step up, they have the talent and versatility to do so, their long shot started very well and we struggled to control the game. It’s also not easy mentally to go into a back-to-back week and keep control when you create such a lead. It’s a step, the beginning of a process of building a team identity because the way we alternated 11 players tonight has to give us the ability to maintain the same level of efficiency throughout the entire 40 minutes of play, because that’s the only way to survive in a league with teams of this talent.”<\/em><\/p>\n On second- and third-quarter three-pointers<\/strong>: “It’s connected the choice of the opponents, who literally closed the area fearing the approaching movements. This for us will be a constant refrain in the season, no one will come looking for us on the perimeter, they are hunting our longs and the approaching, penetrating plays, and this will offer us space on the perimeter. The important thing is to build shots in rhythm, with good ball circulation because rhythm also gives us a chance to impact rebounding on offense. This is part of our characteristics, don’t count three-point shots but the quality of shots we take. In the second half it was often rushed shots, not built with the fluidity of the first 20 minutes. The shot then can go in or out, in Munich we shot 50 percent, tonight we were not as accurate. We are mature and careful to try to go on the trail of our system, but there is an opponent who makes choices and you have to know how to adapt. Opponents from an emotional point of view react, it happened with Kaunas who found themselves twice with heavy scraps, with Monaco who couldn’t get their heads back up, we were more careful and precise. Maybe the sense of urgency of playing on the road with a top 4 team convinced everyone of the need to stay on the piece, even tonight important advantages but we are still not so good at maintaining them despite the rotation of men, the experience and quality we have we are not so precise. We need discipline, focus and a team spirit that we are trying to build and sculpt even though we are only at the beginning of the season. We need to work together, in some parts of the game we got untied, the flow of our game also affects the quality of our defense.”<\/em><\/p>\n On Alessandro Pajola<\/strong>: “You know him by now, I have appreciated him as a spectator, as an opponent and as a fan. I know his characteristics well, he is a guy who represents this club, he grew up here and you can see with what sense of belonging he wears this jersey. Tonight I asked him to be the one to imprint the game, he has the power to influence the attitude of his teammates. His game can be read not only and not necessarily at the level of scoring, but can be seen in the overall economy of the game, which is made up of consistent defense and precise offense. In this Alexander was very continuous tonight.”<\/em><\/p>\n On the final<\/strong>: “The quality of our offense expired a bit, we lost patience and the will to go beyond the first play, to stress their defense with multiple actions and changes of side. This generated good solutions in the first half, we also shot with worse percentages. We didn’t have the same fluidity in our game, even though we drew from the bench with fresh forces like Iffe and with players who except Toko didn’t get a lot of minutes we didn’t produce the same quality of basketball. I think it has to be traced back to our ability to maintain a continuity of performance over the 40 minutes, the opponent put a different nastiness in us, theirs is a talented team that will give everyone a run for their money, they will grow during the season. We did a tremendous job tonight wiping Matt Thomas off the court, I would make you think about Belinelli’s defensive game on Thomas, he didn’t show him the ball. 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