Ergin Ataman: We could not catch our own game

Anadolu Efes hosted Monaco in the 29th week of Turkish Airlines Euroleague. Anadolu Efes lost the field with a score of 102-80 and head coach Ergin Ataman made evaluations after the fight.

Stating that Monaco deserved to win according to the statements on Anadolu Efes’ official website, Ergin Ataman said that they could not catch their own game.

Ergin Ataman’s statements are as follows:

“Congratulations to the AS Monaco team, they deserved to win. They started the game strong and aggressive. Physically superior. They scored 42 points in one-on-one games with Mike James, Dwayne Bacon and Alpha Diallo alone. They got 21 points from offensive rebounds. At any point in the game, we had to play our game. We couldn’t find our rhythm. Shane Larkin was sick for two days. We tried to keep him on the field but he said he had no energy in the half. We looked again at his situation in the second half but unfortunately he had no energy today due to his illness. We couldn’t catch our own game. Congratulations once again to AS Monaco. We lost the game. “We also lost the double with an incredible three-point foul in the last seven seconds. I don’t know right now if it was really a three-point foul or if it was a classic Mike James move. I’ll watch it again. It was important for us to keep the double goal.”