Panathinaikos basketball players lost in the match of the 24th round of the Euroleague against Valencia with a score of 91:92, and Montenegrin coach Dejan Radonjic was disappointed after this defeat.
The match was decided by Chris Jones’ three-pointer with the sound of the siren, with which he brought victory to the Spanish team.
“The first half was relatively good offensively. The third quarter was defensively bad, with 27 points conceded and so many mistakes… Our focus was not good, we had to play better defense. In the end, in the last minutes, we missed two shots, they hit a three-pointer and won. Congratulations to them”, said Radonjic at the beginning of the conference.
The logical question is what happened in the last attack and whether he asked for a foul or not.
“No, I asked that we play defense. Of course, we had the idea to play switch and that was the idea. We didn’t want to go for a foul. There is always a discussion about that last possession, whether to go for a foul or not. In this case, it was not realistic.
Paris Lee played for almost 40 minutes, Bacon was not in the best condition. In the end, unfortunately, they hit a three, what to do? Two new players are also here, together for the first time”, added the coach of Panathinaikos, then explained why he decided on Williams:
“In the switch defense, I think Derrick Williams is better than Gudaitis on the five. What we have on the bench is what we have,” explains Radonjic.
Is this the heaviest defeat that Dejan Radonjic experienced in Panathinaikos was the question of one of the journalists.
“No, it’s not,” Dejan answered quickly and ended the conference.
