LASO, PABLO
Real Madrid
First I congratulate my players for the victory. It was very difficult from the beginning. I think the first quarter was very tied, both teams played very good defensively and offensively. Then I think in the second quarter we played better. We were smarter defensively and we were able to move the ball better. We finished the last minutes very good with some steals and fast breaks and we opened up the lead. In the third quarter we knew that Zalgiris was going to come out hard and we stopped a little bit on offense, we were too static. So their defense improved and we couldn’t get our rhythm offensively in the third quarter. I think it’s something we talked about in the short period between the third and fourth quarter and it’s something we did much better in the fourth quarter, trying to be a little bit more aggressive, trying to penetrate and looking for the open jumpers. Of course I think it was very important Trey Thompkins hitting three in a row, we opened up the lead and finally we got an important victory here in a good and solid game for both teams.