The head coach of Panathinaikos BC OPAP, Argyris Pedoulakis, stated after the end of the game against Alba Berlin:
"This loss hurts us very much. In the first half, as far as defense is concerned, we were terrible. We managed to only get very few stops on defense. This gave confidence to ALBA, a team that runs very well on the floor, they like to play free basketball. In the second half, we tried to improve our defense, we had to go with lineups that are more versatile. Our bigs were able to step up. In this area, we did a better job, but on offense, we had a lot of things to do better."
