In the first match of its history in the ING Basketball Super League, Yukatel Merkezefendi Municipality Denizli Basket, which lost 94-93 to league and Euroleague champion Anadolu Efes, said, “We gained a lot while losing.”
The experienced coach, who caught severe coronavirus during the preparation period of the season and was treated in the hospital for about 2 weeks, reminded that he was with the team for only one week before the league due to his illness, and said, “I would like to thank my assistants İnanç Koç, Yağızer Sertoğlu and everyone in the technical team who prepared the team very well. Both in defense and attack. “I have been with the team for a week, but we adapted quickly, and we understood each other very well during the match,” he said.
“I never expected a different defeat in the Anadolu Efes game,” said Aktaş, “But I did not expect a game that would go to overtime and that we would be partners. When Anadolu Efes started with 6 in 6, we fell behind differently, but we did not give up and came back. We started to think that we could win at the end of the third quarter. If we hadn’t made the mistake, maybe we would have won. Even if we lost, I thank my players. As a new team, we played well in our first match in BSL, we gained a lot of self-confidence while losing the match. We felt that we could stay in this league and win our target matches. The match is over, now we have 29 more games ahead. We will play knowing our limits, our feet must be on the ground,” he said.
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