Chus Mateo: “We moved away from the game we wanted to play”
“We started well but we have to stay calm against teams like Baskonia”, explained the coach.
Real Madrid coach Chus Mateo discussed the round five league match against Baskonia: 'We defended some situations badly and we gave up more three-pointers than we wanted to. We started well but move away from the game we wanted to play. They were very good from three-point range and scored more times than we would have liked. We have to stay calm against teams like Baskonia, to avoid getting into that kind of end-to-end game'.
'We were further away from the shooters in the final quarter and that's one of the things we needed to keep our eye on. We were able to gain an advantage when Tavares was on the court, however, due to the problems with fouls, we saw that and they did a great job defensively too'.
'We were further away from the shooters in the final quarter and that's one of the things we needed to keep our eye on. We were able to gain an advantage when Tavares was on the court, however, due to the problems with fouls, we saw that and they did a great job defensively too'.