After the Kocaeli BŞB Kağıtspor – Finalspor match, which ended with the 80-77 victory of the home team in TBL, the head coaches and athletes evaluated the match.
After the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Kağıtspor-Finalspor match, which was completed with the 80-77 victory of the host team in the Turkish Basketball League, the athletes and coaches evaluated the match.
“Neither team deserves this place”
Kocaeli BŞB Kağıtspor Head Coach Ahmet Murat Yolcu said, “This type of match is very difficult. Life and death matches. Neither team deserves this place. Long-established clubs of the years. Finalspor is the educational institution of TBL that has been investing for years. Our brand is clear. We shouldn’t have stayed in this game. I’m happy we beat it. I explained to my players the importance of winning this game, even if it was only by one point all week. The match was tense. They came back because of simple mistakes and turnovers. In the end, we got a very important victory knowing he could play. We are going to Akhisar next week for a very important match. A team that we respect a lot. Flash team of last year with us. They don’t deserve to be in this situation. Unfortunately they are here. It will be a very important game with more tension than this game,” he said.
“This can happen under stress”
Talking about the tension at the end of the match, Yolcu said, “There can be post-match tension. 6-6 on the opposite side. They kidnapped Fethiye in their own home. It is not clear which team will beat whom. That’s the beauty of this league. Especially after this time, it is not clear who will beat whom. This can happen under stress,” he said.
“We lost with two free throws and turnovers”
Finalspor Head Coach Berat Gök said, “I sincerely congratulate the players of Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Kağıtspor on their victory. I also underline the players. Because matches are lost on the field, they are won. You fall, you get out, you become a champion. These are not very important. The important thing is to go after the match and shake the opponent’s hand. I congratulate the players of Kağıtspor, the technical team except the coach, and everyone in the organization. As for the match; We started the game well. We lost control in the second period. We came back in the third period by putting the character on the show. At the end of the match, we were defeated by two empty throws and a simple turnover that would affect the result. The match is won, lost. But I could not match the attitude of the coach to the city of Kocaeli”.
“We played a good endgame”
Kocaeli BŞB Kağıtspor player Mehmet Oğuzhan Kızıl, who took 23 minutes in the game and contributed 10 points to his team, said, “We started the village of spades. The opposing team started harder. We opened the second period. We came back by putting characters in the game. We started well again in the third period. We increased the difference to two digits, but it was a commute in a 5-minute time. Then, for the last five minutes, Corin took charge. We also helped as a team. We played a good endgame. We also got the average. Now we want to play the play-offs. We are missing 2 matches. Now we started talking about the play-offs. We did not give up on ourselves in the times we lost. We got it together. The lower ranks in the league are very confused. We are doing well. We train well. We have good friendship. I think it will be even better.”
“We fought until the end”
Finalsporlu Sabahattin Can Göndür, who remained in the game for about 35 minutes and contributed 10 points to his team, said, “I congratulate the team. Even though we fell behind, we fought until the end. We got to the point where we could win, but we didn’t. We could not evaluate empty shots, we missed. The opposing team did well. There is nothing to do. We will look at the next matches. Hopefully, I believe that we will break the losing streak in the upcoming matches and get to good points again,” he said.
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