RUIZ, JOAQUIN
CAI Zaragoza
"I am happy because we managed to win a difficult game. When you lose a game the way we lost it the other day, you face a team in an excellent moment, winning its last three games, and what we planned goes right, you have to be satisfied. We started well, struggled on offense in the second quarter but managed to hold on to our defense. We managed to keep the lead all the way, playing with good rhythm, and managed to get an important win. A 14-point win at home and in a European competition always gives you an advantage. We are talking about a team which scores 83 points per game. They have athletic, physical players and we knew they would play aggressive on defense. We knew it was a team that takes a lot of three-point shots, but especially through Kyle Gibson and Rok Stipcevic, but their shots were not open."