Efes coach Ergin Ataman said that the Turkish club has not given up on the Euroleague playoffs and added that he expects victories in the next matches against Real and Partizan.
On Tuesday, at 18:30, Efes will welcome Real in the last match of the 24th round of the Euroleague.
The current European champion will play Partizan in Istanbul two days later in the 29th round of the Euroleague. “It doesn’t suit us that this Sunday we will be playing a late match against Real and that before the most important match with Partizan,” Ataman said, the club’s official website reported.
He announced that Rodrigue “Roddy” Beaubois will most likely not play against Real. “This is an important Sunday. Nothing is lost yet, we have five more matches at home.
That’s why we have to beat Real and then enter the most important match with Partizan with great confidence,” said Ataman, who added that Vasilije Micić and Shane Larkin are fully ready for the next matches in the Euroleague. Real is second in the table with a score of 19/8, while Efes has 13 wins and 14 losses. Partizan recorded 15 wins and 13 losses.
