Laso: It Was a Sad Day for Us

In the 10th round of the Euroleague, Anadolu Efes lost 95-90 to the French side Paris Basketball at the Turkcell Basketball Development Center.

Anadolu Efes head coach Pablo Laso congratulated his opponent at the post-match press conference. Laso said, "It was a sad day for us. We lead in many statistics. We were better than the opponent in steals and rebounds. Small details are very important in basketball. Most likely, they were better than us in those details. That is why they won the game." Laso said they had relied too heavily on Payne's creativity and scoring. He added that they struggled with ball movement and scoring in the second and fourth quarters.

Paris Basketball head coach Maxime Lefevre said that everyone on the team had contributed. Lefevre, who said they had gone unbeaten in their last three away games, said that Maozinha Pereira, who received little playing time, had a big impact on the game. Noting that Hifi scored 28 points and made 9 assists, Lefevre said Payne also had an important performance for Anadolu Efes and that they had found it difficult to defend him.

Lefevre said they turned the game around in the final quarter. Saying they had conceded 26 points in the first quarter, Lefevre explained that when they increased the physical battle in the second period, they held their opponent to 10 points. He said they started the third quarter without energy and conceded 34 points, but recovered in the final quarter and secured the victory.