Laso: “We have to move on because we've got another game in Istanbul on Tuesday”
'We made some mistakes in reading the game in the last few minutes, which was crucial', explained the coach.
Pablo Laso gave his thoughts on the league round 21 game between Real Madrid and Valencia Basket: 'We started well, especially offensively, but we let them back into the game. We had the feeling in the first quarter that we were exchanging baskets a lot. The game then remained fairly even until midway through the third quarter, when they opened it up'.
'At that point it looked like we wouldn't be able to get back into the game, but thanks to our defence and Llull's success in pick-and-roll situations, we did. We made some mistakes in the final decisions, in the last few minutes, when reading the game, which was crucial in a match as close as this one'.
'We have to look back at it and analyse it because you get the feeling that by losing you haven't done your job properly and on a day like today, although it sounds strange, I can take a lot of positives about the team's performance. Yet we still need to improve and grow. We have to move on because we've got another game in Istanbul on Tuesday'.
'At that point it looked like we wouldn't be able to get back into the game, but thanks to our defence and Llull's success in pick-and-roll situations, we did. We made some mistakes in the final decisions, in the last few minutes, when reading the game, which was crucial in a match as close as this one'.
'We have to look back at it and analyse it because you get the feeling that by losing you haven't done your job properly and on a day like today, although it sounds strange, I can take a lot of positives about the team's performance. Yet we still need to improve and grow. We have to move on because we've got another game in Istanbul on Tuesday'.