Laso: We Struggled to Produce Points

Paris Basketball won the game played at the Turkcell Basketball Development Center, beating Anadolu Efes to take the victory. Anadolu Efes head coach Pablo Laso, who held a press conference after the match, congratulated his opponent and said it was a sad day for his team.

Laso said they were superior in many statistics. Noting that they were ahead of their opponent in steals and rebounds, Laso stressed the importance of small details in basketball. He said his team relied too heavily on Payne's creativity and scoring, and that they were not successful enough in imposing their game on the opponent. Laso also said they did not do well enough in ball movement in the second and fourth quarters and that they struggled to produce points.

Paris Basketball head coach Maxime Lefevre said they earned an important win in which everyone on the team contributed. Lefevre, whose team played its last three matches away and went unbeaten during that stretch, said Maozinha Pereira, who did not get much playing time, had a big impact on the game. Stating that Hifi delivered an important performance with 28 points and 9 assists, Lefevre also said they had difficulty defending Payne at Anadolu Efes.

Lefevre noted that they turned the game around in the final quarter.