"Congratulation to Zalgiris for this win. It was a game that we had control of for the first 13-14 minutes. After that we couldn't find a way to score. I think it was very important at the end of the second quarter, with Vougioukas playing in the low post, he couldn't score with one important contact, and after that in the fastbreak Zalgiris scored and again when we lost a defensive rebound. This 4-0 swing was very important. In the third quarter, we didn't play defense at all. Zalgiris played much, much better than us. This is why they took this important advantage. And in the last quarter, we fought, we had some possibilities to come back to the game, but in the end it was impossible for us."
Pascual: “ In the third quarter, we didn't play defense”
The coach of Panathinaikos Superfoods, Xavi Pascual, said after the game against Zalgiris Kaounas:
