Ergin Ataman: The team is physically very tired right now, we cannot train

Anadolu Efes lost to Fenerbahçe Beko with a score of 85-76 in the first match of the ING Basketball Super League Play-off final series, and head coach Ergin Ataman made evaluations after the fight.

Stating that the team is physically and mentally tired according to the statements on Anadolu Efes’ website, Ergin Ataman said that Fenerbahçe Beko deserved to win.

Ergin Ataman’s statements are as follows:

“Of course it’s not easy, we are physically and mentally tired. We left behind a very tough Euroleague Final Four and came out of a very tough play-off semi-final series. Today the final started again and our playmaker Micic couldn’t play due to injury. Fenerbahçe Beko deserved to win. “We didn’t play well today. We made 19 turnovers. Especially in such environments, we had trouble organizing the game without the main playmaker. Their tallest players took 17 rebounds in the rebounds, we stayed 10 rebounds. This game was like that, but of course that doesn’t mean we’re going to quit the series.” We will try to equalize the series here again on Thursday, but in such a compressed play-off, my concern is that the players will get injuries. These types of injuries can also affect the national team tomorrow. At least, if there was a break for 3-4 more days and the final series would start. The team will be physically like this: “We’re so tired at the moment, we can’t train. We’re just going to rest, we’ll play the second game on Thursday. We’ll chase it to the end.”