Scariolo: “Improvement must start with defense”
“We were ahead for most of the game, but they never gave up and didn’t let us open a gap,” the coach explained.
Sergio Scariolo analyzed the first game of the quarterfinal playoffs against La Laguna Tenerife, which took place at the Movistar Arena: “Congratulations to La Laguna Tenerife and Txus (Vidorreta). They showed faith, patience, and they are a very experienced team.”
“We were ahead for most of the game, but they never gave up. They never let us open that gap which could have ensured us a finish against their well-known accuracy in three-pointers, especially in the last seconds of possessions, where they were really precise, and in the closing minutes of the game.”
Three-point accuracy
“The difference in three-pointers was huge. They made 16 out of 31, while we made 4 out of 17. Even so, we scored nearly 100 points. Clearly, improvement must start with defense.”
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